Surah 89 of 114

Surah Al-Fajr

سُورَةُ الْفَجْرِ

The Dawn · Meccan · 30 ayat · from page 593 of the Madinah muṣḥaf

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

  1. وَٱلْفَجْرِ

    By the dawn

    89:1
  2. وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرࣲ

    And [by] ten nights

    89:2
  3. وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ

    And [by] the even [number] and the odd

    89:3
  4. وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ

    And [by] the night when it passes,

    89:4
  5. هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمࣱ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ

    Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?

    89:5
  6. أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ

    Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad -

    89:6
  7. إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ

    [With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,

    89:7
  8. ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ

    The likes of whom had never been created in the land?

    89:8
  9. وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ

    And [with] Thamud, who carved out the rocks in the valley?

    89:9
  10. وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ

    And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? -

    89:10
  11. ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ

    [All of] whom oppressed within the lands

    89:11
  12. فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ

    And increased therein the corruption.

    89:12
  13. فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ

    So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.

    89:13
  14. إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ

    Indeed, your Lord is in observation.

    89:14
  15. فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ

    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."

    89:15
  16. وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَـٰنَنِ

    But when He tries him and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated me."

    89:16
  17. كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ

    No! But you do not honor the orphan

    89:17
  18. وَلَا تَحَـٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ

    And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.

    89:18
  19. وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلࣰا لَّمࣰّا

    And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,

    89:19
  20. وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبࣰّا جَمࣰّا

    And you love wealth with immense love.

    89:20
  21. كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكࣰّا دَكࣰّا

    No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed -

    89:21
  22. وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفࣰّا صَفࣰّا

    And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon rank,

    89:22
  23. وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذِۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذࣲ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ

    And brought [within view], that Day, is Hell - that Day, man will remember, but what good to him will be the remembrance?

    89:23
  24. يَقُولُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى

    He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."

    89:24
  25. فَيَوْمَئِذࣲ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدࣱ

    So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment,

    89:25
  26. وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدࣱ

    And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers].

    89:26
  27. يَـٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ

    [To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,

    89:27
  28. ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةࣰ مَّرْضِيَّةࣰ

    Return to your Lord, well-pleased and pleasing [to Him],

    89:28
  29. فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَـٰدِى

    And enter among My [righteous] servants

    89:29
  30. وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى

    And enter My Paradise."

    89:30

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