Surah 89 of 114
Surah Al-Fajr
سُورَةُ الْفَجْرِ
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
- وَٱلْفَجْرِ
By the dawn
89:1 - وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرࣲ
And [by] ten nights
89:2 - وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ
And [by] the even [number] and the odd
89:3 - وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ
And [by] the night when it passes,
89:4 - هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمࣱ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ
Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?
89:5 - أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad -
89:6 - إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ
[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,
89:7 - ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ
The likes of whom had never been created in the land?
89:8 - وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ
And [with] Thamud, who carved out the rocks in the valley?
89:9 - وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ
And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? -
89:10 - ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ
[All of] whom oppressed within the lands
89:11 - فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ
And increased therein the corruption.
89:12 - فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ
So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.
89:13 - إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ
Indeed, your Lord is in observation.
89:14 - 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 - 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 - كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ
No! But you do not honor the orphan
89:17 - وَلَا تَحَـٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ
And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.
89:18 - وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلࣰا لَّمࣰّا
And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,
89:19 - وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبࣰّا جَمࣰّا
And you love wealth with immense love.
89:20 - كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكࣰّا دَكࣰّا
No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed -
89:21 - وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفࣰّا صَفࣰّا
And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon rank,
89:22 - 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 - يَقُولُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى
He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."
89:24 - فَيَوْمَئِذࣲ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدࣱ
So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment,
89:25 - وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدࣱ
And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers].
89:26 - يَـٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ
[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,
89:27 - ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةࣰ مَّرْضِيَّةࣰ
Return to your Lord, well-pleased and pleasing [to Him],
89:28 - فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَـٰدِى
And enter among My [righteous] servants
89:29 - وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى
And enter My Paradise."
89:30
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