The Dawn
Al-Fajr
89:1
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the Name of Allah—the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful.
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89:2
وَٱلۡفَجۡرِ
By the dawn,
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89:3
وَلَيَالٍ عَشۡرٖ
and the ten nights,
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89:4
وَٱلشَّفۡعِ وَٱلۡوَتۡرِ
and the even and the odd,
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89:5
وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَسۡرِ
and the night when it passes!
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89:6
هَلۡ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٞ لِّذِي حِجۡرٍ
Is all this ˹not˺ a sufficient oath for those who have sense?
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89:7
أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَيۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
Did you not see how your Lord dealt with ’Ȃd—
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89:8
إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلۡعِمَادِ
˹the people˺ of Iram—with ˹their˺ great stature,
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89:9
ٱلَّتِي لَمۡ يُخۡلَقۡ مِثۡلُهَا فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ
unmatched in any other land;
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89:10
وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُواْ ٱلصَّخۡرَ بِٱلۡوَادِ
and Thamûd who carved ˹their homes into˺ the rocks in the ˹Stone˺ Valley;
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89:11
وَفِرۡعَوۡنَ ذِي ٱلۡأَوۡتَادِ
and the Pharaoh of mighty structures?
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89:12
ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ
They all transgressed throughout the land,
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89:13
فَأَكۡثَرُواْ فِيهَا ٱلۡفَسَادَ
spreading much corruption there.
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89:14
فَصَبَّ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّكَ سَوۡطَ عَذَابٍ
So your Lord unleashed on them a scourge of punishment.
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89:15
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلۡمِرۡصَادِ
˹For˺ your Lord is truly vigilant.
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89:16
فَأَمَّا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبۡتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكۡرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّيٓ أَكۡرَمَنِ
Now, whenever a human being is tested by their Lord through ˹His˺ generosity and blessings, they boast, “My Lord has ˹deservedly˺ honoured me!”
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89:17
وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبۡتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيۡهِ رِزۡقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّيٓ أَهَٰنَنِ
But when He tests them by limiting their provision, they protest, “My Lord has ˹undeservedly˺ humiliated me!”
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89:18
كَلَّاۖ بَل لَّا تُكۡرِمُونَ ٱلۡيَتِيمَ
Absolutely not! In fact, you are not ˹even˺ gracious to the orphan,
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89:19
وَلَا تَحَـٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينِ
nor do you urge one another to feed the poor.
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89:20
وَتَأۡكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكۡلٗا لَّمّٗا
And you devour ˹others’˺ inheritance greedily,
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89:21
وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡمَالَ حُبّٗا جَمّٗا
and love wealth fervently.
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89:22
كَلَّآۖ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ دَكّٗا دَكّٗا
Enough! When the earth is entirely crushed over and over,
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89:23
وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلۡمَلَكُ صَفّٗا صَفّٗا
and your Lord comes ˹to judge˺ with angels, rank upon rank,
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89:24
وَجِاْيٓءَ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بِجَهَنَّمَۚ يَوۡمَئِذٖ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ
and Hell is brought forth on that Day—this is when every ˹disbelieving˺ person will remember ˹their own sins˺. But what is the use of remembering then?
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89:25
يَقُولُ يَٰلَيۡتَنِي قَدَّمۡتُ لِحَيَاتِي
They will cry, “I wish I had sent forth ˹something good˺ for my ˹true˺ life.”
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89:26
فَيَوۡمَئِذٖ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٞ
On that Day He will punish ˹them˺ severely, like no other,
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89:27
وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٞ
and bind ˹them˺ tightly, like no other.
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89:28
يَـٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفۡسُ ٱلۡمُطۡمَئِنَّةُ
˹Allah will say to the righteous,˺ “O tranquil soul!
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89:29
ٱرۡجِعِيٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةٗ مَّرۡضِيَّةٗ
Return to your Lord, well pleased ˹with Him˺ and well pleasing ˹to Him˺.
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89:30
فَٱدۡخُلِي فِي عِبَٰدِي
So join My servants,
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89:31
وَٱدۡخُلِي جَنَّتِي
and enter My Paradise.”
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