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الْفَجْرُ

89. Surah Al-Fajr

The Dawn

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

In the Name of Allah—the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful

89:1
وَٱلْفَجْرِ١

By the dawn

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89:2
وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ٢

And [by] ten nights1

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89:3
وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ٣

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

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89:4
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ٤

And [by] the night when it passes,

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89:5
هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ٥

Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?1

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89:6
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ٦

Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with ʿAad -

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89:7
إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ٧

[With] Iram1 - who had lofty pillars,2

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89:8
ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ٨

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

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89:9
وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ٩

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

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89:10
وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ١٠

And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes?1

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89:11
ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ١١

[All of] whom oppressed within the lands

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89:12
فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ١٢

And increased therein the corruption.

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89:13
فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ١٣

So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.

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89:14
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ١٤

Indeed, your Lord is in observation.

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89:15
فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ١٥

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."1

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89:16
وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَـٰنَنِ١٦

But when He tries him and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated me."

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89:17
كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ١٧

No!1 But you do not honor the orphan

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89:18
وَلَا تَحَـٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ١٨

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

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89:19
وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا١٩

And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,1

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89:20
وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا٢٠

And you love wealth with immense love.

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89:21
كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا٢١

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

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89:22
وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا٢٢

And your Lord has come1 and the angels, rank upon rank,

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89:23
وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ٢٣

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?

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89:24
يَقُولُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى٢٤

He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."1

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89:25
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ٢٥

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

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89:26
وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ٢٦

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

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89:27
يَـٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ٢٧

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

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89:28
ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً٢٨

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

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89:29
فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَـٰدِى٢٩

And enter among My [righteous] servants

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89:30
وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى٣٠

And enter My Paradise."

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