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Al-Fajr
Chapter 89 - The Dawn - 30 verses
سُورَةُ الفَجۡرِ
About Al-Fajr
The Dawn • Meccan • 30 verses
Verse 1
وَٱلۡفَجۡرِ
Pronunciation
Wal-Fajr
Translation
By the dawn
Verse 2
وَلَیَالٍ عَشۡرࣲ
Pronunciation
Wa layaalin 'ashr
Translation
And [by] ten nights
Verse 3
وَٱلشَّفۡعِ وَٱلۡوَتۡرِ
Pronunciation
Wash shaf'i wal watr
Translation
And [by] the even [number] and the odd
Verse 4
وَٱلَّیۡلِ إِذَا یَسۡرِ
Pronunciation
Wallaili izaa yasr
Translation
And [by] the night when it passes,
Verse 5
هَلۡ فِی ذَ ٰلِكَ قَسَمࣱ لِّذِی حِجۡرٍ
Pronunciation
Hal fee zaalika qasamul lizee hijr
Translation
Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?
Verse 6
أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَیۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
Pronunciation
Alam tara kaifa fa'ala rabbuka bi'aad
Translation
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad -
Verse 7
إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلۡعِمَادِ
Pronunciation
Iramaa zaatil 'imaad
Translation
[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,
Verse 8
ٱلَّتِی لَمۡ یُخۡلَقۡ مِثۡلُهَا فِی ٱلۡبِلَـٰدِ
Pronunciation
Allatee lam yukhlaq misluhaa fil bilaad
Translation
The likes of whom had never been created in the land?
Verse 9
وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِینَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخۡرَ بِٱلۡوَادِ
Pronunciation
Wa samoodal lazeena jaabus sakhra bil waad
Translation
And [with] Thamud, who carved out the rocks in the valley?
Verse 10
وَفِرۡعَوۡنَ ذِی ٱلۡأَوۡتَادِ
Pronunciation
Wa fir'awna zil awtaad
Translation
And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? -
Verse 11
ٱلَّذِینَ طَغَوۡا۟ فِی ٱلۡبِلَـٰدِ
Pronunciation
Allazeena taghaw fil bilaad
Translation
[All of] whom oppressed within the lands
Verse 12
فَأَكۡثَرُوا۟ فِیهَا ٱلۡفَسَادَ
Pronunciation
Fa aksaroo feehal fasaad
Translation
And increased in it the corruption.
Verse 13
فَصَبَّ عَلَیۡهِمۡ رَبُّكَ سَوۡطَ عَذَابٍ
Pronunciation
Fasabba 'alaihim Rabbuka sawta 'azaab
Translation
So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.
Verse 14
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلۡمِرۡصَادِ
Pronunciation
Inna Rabbaka labil mirsaad
Translation
Indeed, your Lord is in observation.
Verse 15
فَأَمَّا ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبۡتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكۡرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَیَقُولُ رَبِّیۤ أَكۡرَمَنِ
Pronunciation
Fa ammal insaanu izaa mab talaahu Rabbuhoo fa akramahoo wa na' 'amahoo fa yaqoolu Rabbeee akraman
Translation
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."
Verse 16
وَأَمَّاۤ إِذَا مَا ٱبۡتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَیۡهِ رِزۡقَهُۥ فَیَقُولُ رَبِّیۤ أَهَـٰنَنِ
Pronunciation
Wa ammaaa izaa mabtalaahu faqadara 'alaihi rizqahoo fa yaqoolu Rabbeee ahaanan
Translation
But when He tries him and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated me."
Verse 17
كَلَّاۖ بَل لَّا تُكۡرِمُونَ ٱلۡیَتِیمَ
Pronunciation
Kalla bal laa tukrimooo nal yateem
Translation
No! But you do not honor the orphan
Verse 18
وَلَا تَحَـٰۤضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِینِ
Pronunciation
Wa laa tahaaaddoona 'alaata'aamil miskeen
Translation
And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.
Verse 19
وَتَأۡكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكۡلࣰا لَّمࣰّا
Pronunciation
Wa taakuloonat turaasa aklal lammaa
Translation
And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,
Verse 20
وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡمَالَ حُبࣰّا جَمࣰّا
Pronunciation
Wa tuhibboonal maala hubban jammaa
Translation
And you love wealth with immense love.
Verse 21
كَلَّاۤۖ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ دَكࣰّا دَكࣰّا
Pronunciation
Kallaaa izaaa dukkatil ardu dakkan dakka
Translation
No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed -
Verse 22
وَجَاۤءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلۡمَلَكُ صَفࣰّا صَفࣰّا
Pronunciation
Wa jaaa'a Rabbuka wal malaku saffan saffaa
Translation
And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon rank,
Verse 23
وَجِا۟یۤءَ یَوۡمَىِٕذِۭ بِجَهَنَّمَۚ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ یَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ
Pronunciation
Wa jeee'a yawma'izim bi jahannnam; Yawma 'iziny yatazakkarul insaanu wa annaa lahuz zikraa
Translation
And brought [within view], that Day, is Hell - that Day, man will remember, but what good to him will be the remembrance?
Verse 24
یَقُولُ یَـٰلَیۡتَنِی قَدَّمۡتُ لِحَیَاتِی
Pronunciation
Yaqoolu yaa laitanee qaddamtu lihayaatee
Translation
He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."
Verse 25
فَیَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لَّا یُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥۤ أَحَدࣱ
Pronunciation
Fa Yawma izil laa yu'azzibu 'azaabahooo ahad
Translation
So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment,
Verse 26
وَلَا یُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥۤ أَحَدࣱ
Pronunciation
Wa laa yoosiqu wasaaqa hooo ahad
Translation
And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers].
Verse 27
یَـٰۤأَیَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفۡسُ ٱلۡمُطۡمَىِٕنَّةُ
Pronunciation
Yaaa ayyatuhan nafsul mutma 'innah
Translation
[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,
Verse 28
ٱرۡجِعِیۤ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِیَةࣰ مَّرۡضِیَّةࣰ
Pronunciation
Irji'eee ilaa Rabbiki raadiyatam mardiyyah
Translation
Return to your Lord, well-pleased and pleasing [to Him],
Verse 29
فَٱدۡخُلِی فِی عِبَـٰدِی
Pronunciation
Fadkhulee fee 'ibaadee
Translation
And enter among My [righteous] servants
Verse 30
وَٱدۡخُلِی جَنَّتِی
Pronunciation
Wadkhulee jannatee
Translation
And enter My Paradise."
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