Al-Fajr

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# Translation Ayah
1 By the dawn, وَالْفَجْرِ
2 by the Ten (secret) Nights, وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ
3 by the odd and even (8th and 9th Dhil-hajj) وَالشَّفْعِ وَالْوَتْرِ
4 and by the night when it moves on towards daybreak (reward and retribution in the next life is an absolute reality). وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ
5 Is this not a sufficient oath for intelligent people? هَلْ فِي ذَلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِي حِجْرٍ
6 (Muhammad), consider how your Lord dealt with the tribe of Ad, أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
7 the people of the huge columned city of Eram إِرَمَ ذَاتِ الْعِمَادِ
8 whose like has never been created in any other land. الَّتِي لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِي الْبِلَادِ
9 (Also consider how He dealt with) the Thamud, who carved their houses out of the rocks in the valley. وَثَمُودَ الَّذِينَ جَابُوا الصَّخْرَ بِالْوَادِ
10 (Also consider the people of) the Pharaoh who victimized people by placing them on the stake, وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِي الْأَوْتَادِ
11 led rebellious lives, الَّذِينَ طَغَوْا فِي الْبِلَادِ
12 and spread much corruption in the land. فَأَكْثَرُوا فِيهَا الْفَسَادَ
13 Thus, your Lord afflicted them with torment; فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ
14 your Lord keeps an eye on (all evil-doing people). إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِالْمِرْصَادِ
15 As for the human being, when his Lord tests him, honors him, and grants him bounty, he says, "God has honored me". فَأَمَّا الْإِنسَانُ إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ رَبُّهُ فَأَكْرَمَهُ وَنَعَّمَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَكْرَمَنِ
16 However, when his Lord tests him by a measured amount of sustenance, he says, "God has disgraced me". وَأَمَّا إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَهَانَنِ
17 (Since wealth does not necessarily guarantee everlasting happiness) then why do you not show kindness to the orphans, كَلَّا بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ الْيَتِيمَ
18 or urge one another to feed the destitute? وَلَا تَحَاضُّونَ عَلَى طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ
19 Why do you take away the inheritance of others indiscriminately وَتَأْكُلُونَ التُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا
20 and why do you have an excessive love of riches? وَتُحِبُّونَ الْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا
21 When the earth is crushed into small pieces كَلَّا إِذَا دُكَّتِ الْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا
22 and (when you find yourself) in the presence of your Lord and the rows and rows of angels, your greed for riches will certainly be of no avail to you. وَجَاء رَبُّكَ وَالْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا
23 On that day, hell will be brought closer and the human being will come to his senses, but this will be of no avail to him. وَجِيءَ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِجَهَنَّمَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنسَانُ وَأَنَّى لَهُ الذِّكْرَى
24 He will say, "Would that I had done some good deeds for this life". يَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِي
25 On that day the punishment of God and His detention will be unparalleled. فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُ أَحَدٌ
26 And His bonds will be such as none other can bind. وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُ أَحَدٌ
27 Serene soul, يَا أَيَّتُهَا النَّفْسُ الْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ
28 return to your Lord well pleased with him and He will be pleased with you. ارْجِعِي إِلَى رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً
29 Enter among My servants فَادْخُلِي فِي عِبَادِي
30 into My Paradise. وَادْخُلِي جَنَّتِي
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