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    Al-Fajr

    Chapter 89 - The Dawn - 30 verses

    سُورَةُ الفَجۡرِ

    About Al-Fajr

    The DawnMeccan30 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."