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Al-Fajr

English Translation - Saheeh International

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{بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالْفَجْرِ}

(1) By the dawn

{وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ}

(2) And [by] ten nights[1913]

{وَالشَّفْعِ وَالْوَتْرِ}

(3) And [by] the even [number] and the odd

{وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ}

(4) And [by] the night when it passes,

{هَلْ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِذِي حِجْرٍ}

(5) Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?[1914]

{أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ}

(6) Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with ʿAad -

{إِرَمَ ذَاتِ الْعِمَادِ}

(7) [With] Iram[1915] - who had lofty pillars,[1916]

{الَّتِي لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِي الْبِلَادِ}

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

{وَثَمُودَ الَّذِينَ جَابُوا الصَّخْرَ بِالْوَادِ}

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

{وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِي الْأَوْتَادِ}

(10) And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes?[1917]

{الَّذِينَ طَغَوْا فِي الْبِلَادِ}

(11) [All of] whom oppressed within the lands

{فَأَكْثَرُوا فِيهَا الْفَسَادَ}

(12) And increased therein the corruption.

{فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ}

(13) So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.

{إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِالْمِرْصَادِ}

(14) Indeed, your Lord is in observation.

{فَأَمَّا الْإِنْسَانُ إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ رَبُّهُ فَأَكْرَمَهُ وَنَعَّمَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَكْرَمَنِ}

(15) 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."[1918]

{وَأَمَّا إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَهَانَنِ}

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

{كَلَّا ۖ بَلْ لَا تُكْرِمُونَ الْيَتِيمَ}

(17) No![1919] But you do not honor the orphan

{وَلَا تَحَاضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ}

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

{وَتَأْكُلُونَ التُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَمًّا}

(19) And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,[1920]

{وَتُحِبُّونَ الْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا}

(20) And you love wealth with immense love.

{كَلَّا إِذَا دُكَّتِ الْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا}

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

{وَجَاءَ رَبُّكَ وَالْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا}

(22) And your Lord has come[1921] and the angels, rank upon rank,

{وَجِيءَ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنْسَانُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ الذِّكْرَىٰ}

(23) 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?

{يَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِي}

(24) He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."[1922]

{فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُ أَحَدٌ}

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

{وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُ أَحَدٌ}

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

{يَا أَيَّتُهَا النَّفْسُ الْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ}

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

{ارْجِعِي إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَرْضِيَّةً}

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

{فَادْخُلِي فِي عِبَادِي}

(29) And enter among My [righteous] servants

{وَادْخُلِي جَنَّتِي}

(30) And enter My Paradise."

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