Al-Fajr

By the dawn, by ten nights, by the even and the odd, and by the night as it passes: is that not an oath for one with understanding? Have you not seen what your Lord did with ‘Ad, Iram of the lofty pillars, the like of which was never created in the lands; and Thamud, who carved the rocks in the valley; and Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? They all transgressed and spread corruption, so your Lord poured on them a scourge of punishment. Your Lord is ever watchful. When a person is honoured and blessed, he says “My Lord has honoured me”; when his provision is restricted, he says “My Lord has humiliated me.” No! You do not honour the orphan, nor urge one another to feed the poor; you devour inheritance greedily and love wealth immensely. When the earth is pounded to dust, and your Lord comes with the angels rank upon rank, and Hell is brought near that Day, a person will remember, but what good will remembering do? He will say: “If only I had sent ahead for my life!” That Day none punishes as He punishes, and none binds as He binds. O soul at peace, return to your Lord, well pleased and pleasing to Him. Enter among My servants, and enter My Paradise.