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Surah 89

Al-Fajr

The Dawn

30 VersesMeccan RevelationMishary Rashid Alafasy

سُورَةُ الفَجۡرِ

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Ayah 1

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلْفَجْرِ

English Translation

CONSIDER the daybreak

Ayah 2

وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍۢ

English Translation

and the ten nights!

Ayah 3

وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ

English Translation

Consider the multiple and the One!

Ayah 4

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ

English Translation

Consider the night as it runs its course!

Ayah 5

هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌۭ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ

English Translation

Considering all this - could there be, to anyone endowed with reason, a [more] solemn evidence of the truth?

Ayah 6

أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ

English Translation

ART THOU NOT aware of how thy Sustainer has dealt with [the tribe of] ‘Ad,

Ayah 7

إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ

English Translation

[the people of] Iram the many-pillared,

Ayah 8

ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ

English Translation

the like of whom has never been reared in all the land? –

Ayah 9

وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ

English Translation

and with [the tribe of] Thamud, who hollowed out rocks in the valley? –

Ayah 10

وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ

English Translation

and with Pharaoh of the [many] tent-poles?

Ayah 11

ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ

English Translation

[It was they] who transgressed all bounds of equity all over their lands,

Ayah 12

فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ

English Translation

and brought about great corruption therein:

Ayah 13

فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ

English Translation

and therefore thy Sustainer let loose upon them a scourge of suffering:

Ayah 14

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ

English Translation

for, verily, thy Sustainer is ever on the watch!

Ayah 15

فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ

English Translation

BUT AS FOR man, whenever his Sustainer tries him by His generosity and by letting him enjoy a life of ease, he says, "My Sustainer has been [justly] generous towards me";

Ayah 16

وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَٰنَنِ

English Translation

whereas, whenever He tries him by straitening his means of livelihood, he says, "My Sustainer has disgraced me!"

Ayah 17

كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ

English Translation

But nay, nay, [O men, consider all that you do and fail to do:] you are not generous towards the orphan,

Ayah 18

وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ

English Translation

and you do not urge one another to feed the needy,

Ayah 19

وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًۭا لَّمًّۭا

English Translation

and you devour the inheritance [of others] with devouring greed,

Ayah 20

وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّۭا جَمًّۭا

English Translation

and you love wealth with boundless love!

Ayah 21

كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّۭا دَكًّۭا

English Translation

Nay, but [how will you fare on Judgment Day,] when the earth is crushed with crushing upon crushing,

Ayah 22

وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّۭا صَفًّۭا

English Translation

and [the majesty of] thy Sustainer stands revealed, as well as [the true nature of] the angels; rank upon rank?

Ayah 23

وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ

English Translation

And on that Day hell will be brought [within sight]; on that Day man will remember [all that he did and failed to do]: but what will that remembrance avail him?

Ayah 24