Al-Fajr

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1 By the break of Day وَالْفَجْرِ
2 By the Nights twice five; وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ
3 By the even and odd (contrasted); وَالشَّفْعِ وَالْوَتْرِ
4 And by the Night when it passeth away;- وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ
5 Is there (not) in these an adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand? هَلْ فِي ذَلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِي حِجْرٍ
6 Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the ´Ad (people),- أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
7 Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars, إِرَمَ ذَاتِ الْعِمَادِ
8 The like of which were not produced in (all) the land? الَّتِي لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِي الْبِلَادِ
9 And with the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley?- وَثَمُودَ الَّذِينَ جَابُوا الصَّخْرَ بِالْوَادِ
10 And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes? وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِي الْأَوْتَادِ
11 (All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands, الَّذِينَ طَغَوْا فِي الْبِلَادِ
12 And heaped therein mischief (on mischief). فَأَكْثَرُوا فِيهَا الْفَسَادَ
13 Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements: فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ
14 For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch-tower. إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِالْمِرْصَادِ
15 Now, as for man, when his Lord trieth him, giving him honour and gifts, then saith he, (puffed up), "My Lord hath honoured me." فَأَمَّا الْإِنسَانُ إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ رَبُّهُ فَأَكْرَمَهُ وَنَعَّمَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَكْرَمَنِ
16 But when He trieth him, restricting his subsistence for him, then saith he (in despair), "My Lord hath humiliated me!" وَأَمَّا إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَهَانَنِ
17 Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans! كَلَّا بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ الْيَتِيمَ
18 Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor!- وَلَا تَحَاضُّونَ عَلَى طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ
19 And ye devour inheritance - all with greed, وَتَأْكُلُونَ التُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا
20 And ye love wealth with inordinate love! وَتُحِبُّونَ الْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا
21 Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder, كَلَّا إِذَا دُكَّتِ الْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا
22 And thy Lord cometh, and His angels, rank upon rank, وَجَاء رَبُّكَ وَالْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا
23 And Hell, that Day, is brought (face to face),- on that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance profit him? وَجِيءَ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِجَهَنَّمَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنسَانُ وَأَنَّى لَهُ الذِّكْرَى
24 He will say: "Ah! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my (Future) Life!" يَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِي
25 For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict, فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُ أَحَدٌ
26 And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind. وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُ أَحَدٌ
27 (To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction! يَا أَيَّتُهَا النَّفْسُ الْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ
28 "Come back thou to thy Lord,- well pleased (thyself), and well-pleasing unto Him! ارْجِعِي إِلَى رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً
29 "Enter thou, then, among My devotees! فَادْخُلِي فِي عِبَادِي
30 "Yea, enter thou My Heaven! وَادْخُلِي جَنَّتِي
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