Al-Fajr

سورة الفجر

Surah 89 · Meccan · 30 verses

89:1Juz 30 · p. 593

وَالْفَجْرِ1

(1) By the dawn
89:2Juz 30 · p. 593

وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ2

(2) And [by] ten nights[1913]
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[1913]- Usually interpreted as the first ten nights of the month of Dhul-Ḥijjah.
89:3Juz 30 · p. 593

وَالشَّفْعِ وَالْوَتْرِ3

(3) And [by] the even [number] and the odd
89:4Juz 30 · p. 593

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ4

(4) And [by] the night when it passes,
89:5Juz 30 · p. 593

هَلْ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِذِي حِجْرٍ5

(5) Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?[1914]
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[1914]- Based upon the following verses, what has been sworn to by Allāh is that He will certainly punish the disbelievers.
89:6Juz 30 · p. 593

أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ6

(6) Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with ʿAad -
89:7Juz 30 · p. 593

إِرَمَ ذَاتِ الْعِمَادِ7

(7) [With] Iram[1915] - who had lofty pillars,[1916]
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[1915]- Another name for the first people of ʿAad, to whom Prophet Hūd was sent.
[1916]- Supporting their tents or buildings.
89:8Juz 30 · p. 593

الَّتِي لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِي الْبِلَادِ8

(8) The likes of whom had never been created in the land?
89:9Juz 30 · p. 593

وَثَمُودَ الَّذِينَ جَابُوا الصَّخْرَ بِالْوَادِ9

(9) And [with] Thamūd, who carved out the rocks in the valley?
89:10Juz 30 · p. 593

وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِي الْأَوْتَادِ10

(10) And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes?[1917]
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[1917]- By which he tortured people.
89:11Juz 30 · p. 593

الَّذِينَ طَغَوْا فِي الْبِلَادِ11

(11) [All of] whom oppressed within the lands
89:12Juz 30 · p. 593

فَأَكْثَرُوا فِيهَا الْفَسَادَ12

(12) And increased therein the corruption.
89:13Juz 30 · p. 593

فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ13

(13) So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.
89:14Juz 30 · p. 593

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِالْمِرْصَادِ14

(14) Indeed, your Lord is in observation.
89:15Juz 30 · p. 593

فَأَمَّا الْإِنْسَانُ إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ رَبُّهُ فَأَكْرَمَهُ وَنَعَّمَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَكْرَمَنِ15

(15) 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."[1918]
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[1918]- He is proud rather than grateful, attributing the favor to his own merit.
89:16Juz 30 · p. 593

وَأَمَّا إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَهَانَنِ16

(16) But when He tries him and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated me."
89:17Juz 30 · p. 593

كَلَّا ۖ بَلْ لَا تُكْرِمُونَ الْيَتِيمَ17

(17) No![1919] But you do not honor the orphan
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[1919]- It is not like you imagine. Rather, Allāh tries people through prosperity and hardship and rewards both gratitude and patience with honor in the Hereafter.
89:18Juz 30 · p. 593

وَلَا تَحَاضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ18

(18) And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.
89:19Juz 30 · p. 593

وَتَأْكُلُونَ التُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَمًّا19

(19) And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,[1920]
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[1920]- Not caring whether it is lawful or unlawful.
89:20Juz 30 · p. 593

وَتُحِبُّونَ الْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا20

(20) And you love wealth with immense love.
89:21Juz 30 · p. 593

كَلَّا إِذَا دُكَّتِ الْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا21

(21) No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed
89:22Juz 30 · p. 593

وَجَاءَ رَبُّكَ وَالْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا22

(22) And your Lord has come[1921] and the angels, rank upon rank,
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[1921]- To pass judgement. See footnote to 2:19
89:23Juz 30 · p. 594

وَجِيءَ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنْسَانُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ الذِّكْرَىٰ23

(23) And brought [within view], that Day, is Hell - that Day, man will remember, but how [i.e., what good] to him will be the remembrance?
89:24Juz 30 · p. 594

يَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِي24

(24) He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."[1922]
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[1922]- The everlasting life of the Hereafter.
89:25Juz 30 · p. 594

فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُ أَحَدٌ25

(25) So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment,
89:26Juz 30 · p. 594

وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُ أَحَدٌ26

(26) And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers].
89:27Juz 30 · p. 594

يَا أَيَّتُهَا النَّفْسُ الْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ27

(27) [To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,
89:28Juz 30 · p. 594

ارْجِعِي إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَرْضِيَّةً28

(28) Return to your Lord, well-pleased and pleasing [to Him],
89:29Juz 30 · p. 594

فَادْخُلِي فِي عِبَادِي29

(29) And enter among My [righteous] servants
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وَادْخُلِي جَنَّتِي30

(30) And enter My Paradise."

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