Al-Fajr

89:1–5Page 593

وَٱلۡفَجۡرِ ١

By the dawn

وَلَيَالٍ عَشۡرٖ ٢

And [by] ten nights¹

وَٱلشَّفۡعِ وَٱلۡوَتۡرِ ٣

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

وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَسۡرِ ٤

And [by] the night when it passes,

هَلۡ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٞ لِّذِي حِجۡرٍ ٥

Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?¹

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أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَيۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ ٦

Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with ʿAad -

إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلۡعِمَادِ ٧

[With] Iram¹ - who had lofty pillars,²

ٱلَّتِي لَمۡ يُخۡلَقۡ مِثۡلُهَا فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ ٨

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

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وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُواْ ٱلصَّخۡرَ بِٱلۡوَادِ ٩

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

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وَفِرۡعَوۡنَ ذِي ٱلۡأَوۡتَادِ ١٠

And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes?¹

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ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ ١١

[All of] whom oppressed within the lands

فَأَكۡثَرُواْ فِيهَا ٱلۡفَسَادَ ١٢

And increased therein the corruption.

فَصَبَّ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّكَ سَوۡطَ عَذَابٍ ١٣

So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلۡمِرۡصَادِ ١٤

Indeed, your Lord is in observation.

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فَأَمَّا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبۡتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكۡرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّيٓ أَكۡرَمَنِ 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

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وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبۡتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيۡهِ رِزۡقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّيٓ أَهَٰنَنِ ١٦

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

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كـَلَّاۖ بَل لَّا تُكۡرِمُونَ ٱلۡيَتِيمَ ١٧

No!¹ But you do not honor the orphan

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وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينِ ١٨

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

وَتَأۡكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكۡلٗا لَّمّٗا ١٩

And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,¹

وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡمَالَ حُبّٗا جَمّٗا ٢٠

And you love wealth with immense love.

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كـَلَّآۖ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ دَكّٗا دَكّٗا ٢١

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

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وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلۡمَلَكُ صَفّٗا صَفّٗا ٢٢

And your Lord has come¹ and the angels, rank upon rank,

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وَجِاْيٓءَ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بِجَهَنَّمَۚ يَوۡمَئِذٖ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ 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?

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يَقُولُ يَٰلَيۡتَنِي قَدَّمۡتُ لِحَيَاتِي ٢٤

He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."¹

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فَيَوۡمَئِذٖ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٞ ٢٥

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

وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٞ ٢٦

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

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يَٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفۡسُ ٱلۡمُطۡمَئِنَّةُ ٢٧

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

ٱرۡجِعِيٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةٗ مَّرۡضِيَّةٗ ٢٨

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

فَٱدۡخُلِي فِي عِبَٰدِي ٢٩

And enter among My [righteous] servants

وَٱدۡخُلِي جَنَّتِي ٣٠

And enter My Paradise."