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Al-Fajr

The Dawn · Meccan · 30 verses

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سُورَةُ الفَجۡرِ

Al-Fajr · 30 verses

89 : 1

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلْفَجْرِ

Ahmed Ali

I CALL TO witness the dawn

89 : 2

وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍۢ

Ahmed Ali

And the Ten Nights,

89 : 3

وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ

Ahmed Ali

The multiple and the one,

89 : 4

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ

Ahmed Ali

The night as it advances,

89 : 5

هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌۭ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ

Ahmed Ali

Is there not an evidence in this for those who have sense?

89 : 6

أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ

Ahmed Ali

Have you not seen what your Lord did to the 'Ad

89 : 7

إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ

Ahmed Ali

Of Eram with lofty pillars (erected as signposts in the desert),

89 : 8

ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ

Ahmed Ali

The like of whom were never created in the realm;

89 : 9

وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ

Ahmed Ali

And with Thamud who carved rocks in the valley;

89 : 10

وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ

Ahmed Ali

And the mighty Pharaoh

89 : 11

ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ

Ahmed Ali

Who terrorised the region,

89 : 12

فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ

Ahmed Ali

And multiplied corruption.

89 : 13

فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ

Ahmed Ali

So your Lord poured a scourge of punishment over them.

89 : 14

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ

Ahmed Ali

Your Lord is certainly in wait.

89 : 15

فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ

Ahmed Ali

As for man, whenever his Lord tries him and then is gracious and provides good things for him, he says: "My Lord has been gracious to me."

89 : 16

وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَٰنَنِ

Ahmed Ali

But when He tries him by restraining his means, he says: "My Lord despises me."

89 : 17

كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ

Ahmed Ali

No. In fact you are not generous to the orphans,

89 : 18

وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ

Ahmed Ali

Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor,

89 : 19

وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًۭا لَّمًّۭا

Ahmed Ali

And you devour (others') inheritance greedily,

89 : 20

وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّۭا جَمًّۭا

Ahmed Ali

And love wealth with all your heart.

89 : 21

كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّۭا دَكًّۭا

Ahmed Ali

Surely when We pound the earth to powder grounded, pounded to dust,

89 : 22

وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّۭا صَفًّۭا

Ahmed Ali

And comes your Lord, and angels row on row,

89 : 23

وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ

Ahmed Ali

And Hell is brought near, that day will man remember, but of what avail will then remembering be?

89 : 24

يَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى

Ahmed Ali

He will say: "Alas the woe! Would that I had sent ahead something in my life."

89 : 25

فَيَوْمَئِذٍۢ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌۭ

Ahmed Ali

None can punish as He will punish on that day,

89 : 26

وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌۭ

Ahmed Ali

And none can bind as He will bind.

89 : 27

يَٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ

Ahmed Ali

O you tranquil soul,

89 : 28

ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةًۭ مَّرْضِيَّةًۭ

Ahmed Ali

Return to your Lord, well-pleased and well-pleasing Him.

89 : 29

فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَٰدِى

Ahmed Ali

"Enter then among My votaries,

89 : 30

وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى

Ahmed Ali

Enter then My garden."

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