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وَالْفَجْرِ1
(1) By the dawn
Al-Fajr
سورة الفجر
Surah 89 · Meccan · 30 verses
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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.
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[1913]- Usually interpreted as the first ten nights of the month of Dhul-Ḥijjah.
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وَالشَّفْعِ وَالْوَتْرِ3
(3) And [by] the even [number] and the odd
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وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ4
(4) And [by] the night when it passes,
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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.
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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.
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أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ6
(6) Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with ʿAad -
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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.
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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.
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الَّتِي لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِي الْبِلَادِ8
(8) The likes of whom had never been created in the land?
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وَثَمُودَ الَّذِينَ جَابُوا الصَّخْرَ بِالْوَادِ9
(9) And [with] Thamūd, who carved out the rocks in the valley?
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وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِي الْأَوْتَادِ10
(10) And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes?[1917]
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[1917]- By which he tortured people.
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[1917]- By which he tortured people.
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الَّذِينَ طَغَوْا فِي الْبِلَادِ11
(11) [All of] whom oppressed within the lands
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فَأَكْثَرُوا فِيهَا الْفَسَادَ12
(12) And increased therein the corruption.
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فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ13
(13) So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.
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إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِالْمِرْصَادِ14
(14) Indeed, your Lord is in observation.
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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.
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[1918]- He is proud rather than grateful, attributing the favor to his own merit.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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وَلَا تَحَاضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ18
(18) And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.
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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.
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[1920]- Not caring whether it is lawful or unlawful.
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وَتُحِبُّونَ الْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا20
(20) And you love wealth with immense love.
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كَلَّا إِذَا دُكَّتِ الْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا21
(21) No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed
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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
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[1921]- To pass judgement. See footnote to 2:19
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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?
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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.
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[1922]- The everlasting life of the Hereafter.
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فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُ أَحَدٌ25
(25) So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment,
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وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُ أَحَدٌ26
(26) And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers].
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يَا أَيَّتُهَا النَّفْسُ الْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ27
(27) [To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,
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ارْجِعِي إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَرْضِيَّةً28
(28) Return to your Lord, well-pleased and pleasing [to Him],
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فَادْخُلِي فِي عِبَادِي29
(29) And enter among My [righteous] servants
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وَادْخُلِي جَنَّتِي30
(30) And enter My Paradise."