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Al-Fajr

The Dawn30 Versesmakkah

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

89:1
وَٱلۡفَجۡرِ
By the dawn
١
By the dawn
89:2
وَلَيَالٍ
And the nights
عَشۡرٍ
ten
٢
And [by] ten nights1
89:3
وَٱلشَّفۡعِ
And the even
وَٱلۡوَتۡرِ
and the odd
٣
And [by] the even [number] and the odd
89:4
وَٱلَّيۡلِ
And the night
إِذَا
when
يَسۡرِ
it passes
٤
And [by] the night when it passes,
89:5
هَلۡ
Is
فِى
in
ذٰلِكَ
that
قَسَمٌ
(not) an oath
لِّذِى
for those
حِجۡرٍ
who understand
٥
Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?1
89:6
أَلَمۡ
Did not
تَرَ
you see
كَيۡفَ
how
فَعَلَ
dealt
رَبُّكَ
your Lord
بِعَادٍ
with Aad
٦
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with ʿAad -
89:7
إِرَمَ
Iram
ذَاتِ
possessors (of)
ٱلۡعِمَادِ
lofty pillars
٧
[With] Iram1 - who had lofty pillars,2
89:8
ٱلَّتِى
Which
لَمۡ
not
يُخۡلَقۡ
had been created
مِثۡلُهَا
like them
فِى
in
ٱلۡبِلَـٰدِ
the cities
٨
The likes of whom had never been created in the land?
89:9
وَثَمُودَ
And Thamud
ٱلَّذِينَ
who
جَابُواۡ
carved out
ٱلصَّخۡرَ
the rocks
بِٱلۡوَادِ
in the valley
٩
And [with] Thamūd, who carved out the rocks in the valley?
89:10
وَفِرۡعَوۡنَ
And Firaun
ذِى
owner of
ٱلۡأَوۡتَادِ
stakes
١٠
And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes?1
89:11
ٱلَّذِينَ
Who
طَغَوۡاۡ
transgressed
فِى
in
ٱلۡبِلَـٰدِ
the lands
١١
[All of] whom oppressed within the lands
89:12
فَأَكۡثَرُواۡ
And (made) much
فِيهَا
therein
ٱلۡفَسَادَ
corruption
١٢
And increased therein the corruption.
89:13
فَصَبَّ
So poured
عَلَيۡهِمۡ
on them
رَبُّكَ
your Lord
سَوۡطَ
scourge
عَذَابٍ
(of) punishment
١٣
So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.
89:14
إِنَّ
Indeed
رَبَّكَ
your Lord
لَبِٱلۡمِرۡصَادِ
(is) surely Ever Watchful
١٤
Indeed, your Lord is in observation.
89:15
فَأَمَّا
And as for
ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ
man
إِذَا
when
مَا
does
ٱبۡتَلَـٰهُ
try him
رَبُّهُۥ
his Lord
فَأَكۡرَمَهُۥ
and is generous to him
وَنَعَّمَهُۥ
and favors him
فَيَقُولُ
he says
رَبِّىٓ
My Lord
أَكۡرَمَنِ
has honored me
١٥
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."1
89:16
وَأَمَّآ
But
إِذَا
when
مَا
does
ٱبۡتَلَـٰهُ
He try him
فَقَدَرَ
and restricts
عَلَيۡهِ
for him
رِزۡقَهُۥ
his provision
فَيَقُولُ
then he says
رَبِّىٓ
My Lord
أَهَـٰنَنِ
(has) humiliated me
١٦
But when He tries him and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated me."
89:17
كَلَّا‌ۖ
Nay
بَل
But
لَّا
not
تُكۡرِمُونَ
you honor
ٱلۡيَتِيمَ
the orphan
١٧
No!1 But you do not honor the orphan
89:18
وَلَا
And not
تَحَـٰٓضُّونَ
you feel the urge
عَلَىٰ
to
طَعَامِ
feed
ٱلۡمِسۡكِينِ
the poor
١٨
And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.
89:19
وَتَأۡكُلُونَ
And you consume
ٱلتُّرَاثَ
the inheritance
أَكۡلاً
devouring
لَّمًّا
altogether
١٩
And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,1
89:20
وَتُحِبُّونَ
And you love
ٱلۡمَالَ
wealth
حُبًّا
(with) love
جَمًّا
immense
٢٠
And you love wealth with immense love.
89:21
كَلَّآ
Nay
إِذَا
When
دُكَّتِ
is leveled
ٱلۡأَرۡضُ
the earth
دَكًّا
pounded
دَكًّا
(and) crushed
٢١
No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed
89:22
وَجَآءَ
And comes
رَبُّكَ
your Lord
وَٱلۡمَلَكُ
and the Angels
صَفًّا
rank
صَفًّا
(upon) rank
٢٢
And your Lord has come1 and the angels, rank upon rank,
89:23
وَجِاۡىٓءَ
And is brought
يَوۡمَئِذِۭ
that Day
بِجَهَنَّمَ‌ۚ
Hell
يَوۡمَئِذٍ
That Day
يَتَذَكَّرُ
will remember
ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ
man
وَأَنَّىٰ
but how
لَهُ
(will be) for him
ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ
the remembrance
٢٣
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?
89:24
يَقُولُ
He will say
يَـٰلَيۡتَنِى
O I wish
قَدَّمۡتُ
I had sent forth
لِحَيَاتِى
for my life
٢٤
He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."1
89:25
فَيَوۡمَئِذٍ
So that Day
لَّا
not
يُعَذِّبُ
will punish
عَذَابَهُۥٓ
(as) His punishment
أَحَدٌ
anyone
٢٥
So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment,
89:26
وَلَا
And not
يُوثِقُ
will bind
وَثَاقَهُۥٓ
(as) His binding
أَحَدٌ
anyone
٢٦
And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers].
89:27
يَـٰٓأَيَّتُهَا
O
ٱلنَّفۡسُ
soul
ٱلۡمُطۡمَئِنَّةُ
who is satisfied
٢٧
[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,
89:28
ٱرۡجِعِىٓ
Return
إِلَىٰ
to
رَبِّكِ
your Lord
رَاضِيَةً
well pleased
مَّرۡضِيَّةً
and pleasing
٢٨
Return to your Lord, well-pleased and pleasing [to Him],
89:29
فَٱدۡخُلِى
So enter
فِى
among
عِبَـٰدِى
My slaves
٢٩
And enter among My [righteous] servants
89:30
وَٱدۡخُلِى
And enter
جَنَّتِى
My Paradise
٣٠
And enter My Paradise."