089. The Dawn – Al-Fajr

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ﴿٠﴾
وَٱلْفَجْرِ ﴿١﴾
I swear by the daybreak,
وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ ﴿٢﴾
And the ten nights,
وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ ﴿٣﴾
And the even and the odd,
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ ﴿٤﴾
And the night when it departs.
هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ ﴿٥﴾
Truly in that there is an oath for those who possess understanding.
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ ﴿٦﴾
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with Ad,
إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ ﴿٧﴾
(The people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings,
ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ ﴿٨﴾
The like of which were not created in the (other) cities;
وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ ﴿٩﴾
And (with) Samood, who hewed out the rocks in the valley,
وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ ﴿١٠﴾
And (with) Firon, the lord of hosts,
ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ ﴿١١﴾
Who committed inordinacy in the cities,
فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ ﴿١٢﴾
So they made great mischief therein?
فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ ﴿١٣﴾
Therefore your Lord let down upon them a portion of the chastisement.
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ ﴿١٤﴾
Most surely your Lord is watching.
فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ ﴿١٥﴾
And as for man, when his Lord tries him, then treats him with honor and makes him lead an easy life, he says: My Lord honors me.
وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَٰنَنِ ﴿١٦﴾
But when He tries him (differently), then straitens to him his means of subsistence, he says: My Lord has disgraced me.
كَلَّا بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ ﴿١٧﴾
Nay! but you do not honor the orphan,
وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ ﴿١٨﴾
Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor,
وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا ﴿١٩﴾
And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything) indiscriminately,
وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا ﴿٢٠﴾
And you love wealth with exceeding love.
كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا ﴿٢١﴾
Nay! when the earth is made to crumble to pieces,
وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا ﴿٢٢﴾
And your Lord comes and (also) the angels in ranks,
وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ ﴿٢٣﴾
And hell is made to appear on that day. On that day shall man be mindful, and what shall being mindful (then) avail him?
يَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى ﴿٢٤﴾
He shall say: O! would that I had sent before for (this) my life!
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ ﴿٢٥﴾
But on that day shall no one chastise with (anything like) His chastisement,
وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ ﴿٢٦﴾
And no one shall bind with (anything like) His binding.
يَٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ ﴿٢٧﴾
O soul that art at rest!
ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً ﴿٢٨﴾
Return to your Lord, well-pleased (with him), well-pleasing (Him),
فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَٰدِى ﴿٢٩﴾
So enter among My servants,
وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى ﴿٣٠﴾
And enter into My garden.