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89. Al-Fajr

الفَجۡرِ · The Dawn · 30 ayat · Meccan

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Al-Fajr 89:1

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلْفَجْرِ1

By the dawn

Wal-Fajr

Al-Fajr 89:2

وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍۢ2

And [by] ten nights

Wa layaalin 'ashr

Al-Fajr 89:3

وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ3

And [by] the even [number] and the odd

Wash shaf'i wal watr

Al-Fajr 89:4

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ4

And [by] the night when it passes,

Wallaili izaa yasr

Al-Fajr 89:5

هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌۭ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ5

Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?

Hal fee zaalika qasamul lizee hijr

Al-Fajr 89:6

أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ6

Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad -

Alam tara kaifa fa'ala rabbuka bi'aad

Al-Fajr 89:7

إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ7

[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,

Iramaa zaatil 'imaad

Al-Fajr 89:8

ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ8

The likes of whom had never been created in the land?

Allatee lam yukhlaq misluhaa fil bilaad

Al-Fajr 89:9

وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ9

And [with] Thamud, who carved out the rocks in the valley?

Wa samoodal lazeena jaabus sakhra bil waad

Al-Fajr 89:10

وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ10

And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? -

Wa fir'awna zil awtaad

Al-Fajr 89:11

ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ11

[All of] whom oppressed within the lands

Allazeena taghaw fil bilaad

Al-Fajr 89:12

فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ12

And increased therein the corruption.

Fa aksaroo feehal fasaad

Al-Fajr 89:13

فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ13

So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.

Fasabba 'alaihim Rabbuka sawta 'azaab

Al-Fajr 89:14

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ14

Indeed, your Lord is in observation.

Inna Rabbaka labil mirsaad

Al-Fajr 89:15

فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ15

And as for man, when his Lord tries him and [thus] is generous to him and favors him, he says, "My Lord has honored me."

Fa ammal insaanu izaa mab talaahu Rabbuhoo fa akramahoo wa na' 'amahoo fa yaqoolu Rabbeee akraman

Al-Fajr 89:16

وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَٰنَنِ16

But when He tries him and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated me."

Wa ammaaa izaa mabtalaahu faqadara 'alaihi rizqahoo fa yaqoolu Rabbeee ahaanan

Al-Fajr 89:17

كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ17

No! But you do not honor the orphan

Kalla bal laa tukrimooo nal yateem

Al-Fajr 89:18

وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ18

And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.

Wa laa tahaaaddoona 'alaata'aamil miskeen

Al-Fajr 89:19

وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًۭا لَّمًّۭا19

And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,

Wa taakuloonat turaasa aklal lammaa

Al-Fajr 89:20

وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّۭا جَمًّۭا20

And you love wealth with immense love.

Wa tuhibboonal maala hubban jammaa

Al-Fajr 89:21

كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّۭا دَكًّۭا21

No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed -

Kallaaa izaaa dukkatil ardu dakkan dakka

Al-Fajr 89:22

وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّۭا صَفًّۭا22

And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon rank,

Wa jaaa'a Rabbuka wal malaku saffan saffaa

Al-Fajr 89:23

وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ23

And brought [within view], that Day, is Hell - that Day, man will remember, but what good to him will be the remembrance?

Wa jeee'a yawma'izim bi jahannnam; Yawma 'iziny yatazakkarul insaanu wa annaa lahuz zikraa

Al-Fajr 89:24

يَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى24

He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."

Yaqoolu yaa laitanee qaddamtu lihayaatee

Al-Fajr 89:25

فَيَوْمَئِذٍۢ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌۭ25

So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment,

Fa Yawma izil laa yu'azzibu 'azaabahooo ahad

Al-Fajr 89:26

وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌۭ26

And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers].

Wa laa yoosiqu wasaaqa hooo ahad

Al-Fajr 89:27

يَٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ27

[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,

Yaaa ayyatuhan nafsul mutma 'innah

Al-Fajr 89:28

ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةًۭ مَّرْضِيَّةًۭ28

Return to your Lord, well-pleased and pleasing [to Him],

Irji'eee ilaa Rabbiki raadiyatam mardiyyah

Al-Fajr 89:29

فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَٰدِى29

And enter among My [righteous] servants

Fadkhulee fee 'ibaadee

Al-Fajr 89:30

وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى30

And enter My Paradise."

Wadkhulee jannatee

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