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Al-Fajr

English Translation - Hilali and Khan

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{بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالْفَجْرِ}

1. By the dawn;

{وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ}

2. By the ten nights (i.e. the first ten days of the month of Dhul-Hijjah)[1],

{وَالشَّفْعِ وَالْوَتْرِ}

3. And by the even and the odd (of all the creations of Allâh).[2]

{وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ}

4. And by the night when it departs.

{هَلْ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِذِي حِجْرٍ}

5. There is indeed in them (the above oaths) sufficient proofs for men of understanding (and that, they should avoid all kinds of sins and disbeliefs)!

{أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ}

6. Saw you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) not how your Lord dealt with ‘Âd (people)

{إِرَمَ ذَاتِ الْعِمَادِ}

7. Of Iram (who were very tall) like (lofty) pillars,

{الَّتِي لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِي الْبِلَادِ}

8. The like of which were not created in the land?

{وَثَمُودَ الَّذِينَ جَابُوا الصَّخْرَ بِالْوَادِ}

9. And (with) Thamûd (people), who hewed out rocks in the valley (to make dwellings)? [3]

{وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِي الْأَوْتَادِ}

10. And (with) Fir‘aun (Pharaoh) who had the stakes (to torture men by binding them to the stakes)?

{الَّذِينَ طَغَوْا فِي الْبِلَادِ}

11. Who did transgress beyond bounds in the lands (in the disobedience of Allâh).

{فَأَكْثَرُوا فِيهَا الْفَسَادَ}

12. And made therein much mischief.

{فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ}

13. So your Lord poured on them different kinds of severe torment.

{إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِالْمِرْصَادِ}

14. Verily, your Lord is Ever Watchful (over them).

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

15. As for man, when his Lord tries him by giving him honour and bounties, then he says (in exultation): "My Lord has honoured me."

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

16. But when He tries him by straitening his means of life, he says: "My Lord has humiliated me!"

{كَلَّا ۖ بَلْ لَا تُكْرِمُونَ الْيَتِيمَ}

17. Nay! But you treat not the orphans with kindness and generosity (i.e. you neither treat them well, nor give them their exact right of inheritance)!

{وَلَا تَحَاضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ}

18. And urge not one another on the feeding of Al-Miskîn (the poor)!

{وَتَأْكُلُونَ التُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَمًّا}

19. And you devour the inheritance all with greed.

{وَتُحِبُّونَ الْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا}

20. And you love wealth with much love.

{كَلَّا إِذَا دُكَّتِ الْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا}

21. Nay! When the earth is ground to powder.

{وَجَاءَ رَبُّكَ وَالْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا}

22. And your Lord comes with the angels in rows.

{وَجِيءَ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنْسَانُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ الذِّكْرَىٰ}

23. And Hell will be brought near that Day. On that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance (then) avail him?

{يَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِي}

24. He will say: "Alas! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my life!"

{فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُ أَحَدٌ}

25. So on that Day none will punish as He will punish.

{وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُ أَحَدٌ}

26. And none will bind (the wicked, disbelievers and polytheists) as He will bind.

{يَا أَيَّتُهَا النَّفْسُ الْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ}

27. (It will be said to the pious believers of Islamic Monotheism): "O (you) the one in (complete) rest and satisfaction!

{ارْجِعِي إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَرْضِيَّةً}

28. "Come back to your Lord well-pleased (yourself) and well-pleasing (unto Him)!

{فَادْخُلِي فِي عِبَادِي}

29. "Enter you then among My (honoured) slaves,

{وَادْخُلِي جَنَّتِي}

30. "And enter you My Paradise!"

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