Al-Fajr

89:1 · page 593

وَٱلْفَجْرِ

By the dawn

89:2 · page 593

وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ

And [by] ten nights

89:3 · page 593

وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ

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

89:4 · page 593

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ

And [by] the night when it passes,

89:5 · page 593

هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ

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

89:6 · page 593

أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ

Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with ʿAad -

89:7 · page 593

إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ

[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,

89:8 · page 593

ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ

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

89:9 · page 593

وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ

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

89:10 · page 593

وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ

And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes?

89:11 · page 593

ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ

[All of] whom oppressed within the lands

89:12 · page 593

فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ

And increased therein the corruption.

89:13 · page 593

فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ

So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.

89:14 · page 593

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ

Indeed, your Lord is in observation.

89:15 · page 593

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."

89:16 · page 593

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."

89:17 · page 593

كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ

No! But you do not honor the orphan

89:18 · page 593

وَلَا تَحَـٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ

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

89:19 · page 593

وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا

And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,

89:20 · page 593

وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا

And you love wealth with immense love.

89:21 · page 593

كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا

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

89:22 · page 593

وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا

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

89:23 · page 593

وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ

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?

89:24 · page 594

يَقُولُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى

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

89:25 · page 594

فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

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

89:26 · page 594

وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

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

89:27 · page 594

يَـٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ

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

89:28 · page 594

ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً

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

89:29 · page 594

فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَـٰدِى

And enter among My [righteous] servants

89:30 · page 594

وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى

And enter My Paradise."