Al-Fajr

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 1Juz 30 · page 593

   وَٱلْفَجْرِ

   (1) By the dawn

2. 2Juz 30 · page 593

   وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍۢ

   (2) And [by] ten nights[1913]

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3. 3Juz 30 · page 593

   وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ

   (3) And [by] the even [number] and the odd

4. 4Juz 30 · page 593

   وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ

   (4) And [by] the night when it passes,

5. 5Juz 30 · page 593

   هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌۭ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ

   (5) Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?[1914]

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6. 6Juz 30 · page 593

   أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ

   (6) Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with ʿAad -

7. 7Juz 30 · page 593

   إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ

   (7) [With] Iram[1915] - who had lofty pillars,[1916]

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8. 8Juz 30 · page 593

   ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ

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

9. 9Juz 30 · page 593

   وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ

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

10. 10Juz 30 · page 593

    وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ

    (10) And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes?[1917]

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11. 11Juz 30 · page 593

    ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ

    (11) [All of] whom oppressed within the lands

12. 12Juz 30 · page 593

    فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ

    (12) And increased therein the corruption.

13. 13Juz 30 · page 593

    فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ

    (13) So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.

14. 14Juz 30 · page 593

    إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ

    (14) Indeed, your Lord is in observation.

15. 15Juz 30 · page 593

    فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ

    (15) 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."[1918]

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16. 16Juz 30 · page 593

    وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَٰنَنِ

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

17. 17Juz 30 · page 593

    كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ

    (17) No![1919] But you do not honor the orphan

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18. 18Juz 30 · page 593

    وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ

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

19. 19Juz 30 · page 593

    وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًۭا لَّمًّۭا

    (19) And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,[1920]

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20. 20Juz 30 · page 593

    وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّۭا جَمًّۭا

    (20) And you love wealth with immense love.

21. 21Juz 30 · page 593

    كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّۭا دَكًّۭا

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

22. 22Juz 30 · page 593

    وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّۭا صَفًّۭا

    (22) And your Lord has come[1921] and the angels, rank upon rank,

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23. 23Juz 30 · page 593

    وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ

    (23) 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?

24. 24Juz 30 · page 594

    يَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى

    (24) He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."[1922]

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25. 25Juz 30 · page 594

    فَيَوْمَئِذٍۢ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌۭ

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

26. 26Juz 30 · page 594

    وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌۭ

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

27. 27Juz 30 · page 594

    يَٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ

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

28. 28Juz 30 · page 594

    ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةًۭ مَّرْضِيَّةًۭ

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

29. 29Juz 30 · page 594

    فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَٰدِى

    (29) And enter among My [righteous] servants

30. 30Juz 30 · page 594

    وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى

    (30) And enter My Paradise."