Surah Al-Fajr

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1. 1

   وَٱلْفَجْرِ

   By the dawn

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2. 2

   وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ

   And [by] ten nights1

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3. 3

   وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ

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

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4. 4

   وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ

   And [by] the night when it passes,

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5. 5

   هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ

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

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6. 6

   أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ

   Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with ʿAad -

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7. 7

   إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ

   [With] Iram1 - who had lofty pillars,2

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8. 8

   ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ

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

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9. 9

   وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ

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

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10. 10

    وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ

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

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11. 11

    ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ

    [All of] whom oppressed within the lands

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12. 12

    فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ

    And increased therein the corruption.

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13. 13

    فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ

    So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.

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14. 14

    إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ

    Indeed, your Lord is in observation.

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15. 15

    فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ

    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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16. 16

    وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَـٰنَنِ

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

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17. 17

    كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ

    No!1 But you do not honor the orphan

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18. 18

    وَلَا تَحَـٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ

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

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19. 19

    وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا

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

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20. 20

    وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا

    And you love wealth with immense love.

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21. 21

    كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا

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

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22. 22

    وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا

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

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23. 23

    وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ

    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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24. 24

    يَقُولُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى

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

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25. 25

    فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

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

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26. 26

    وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

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

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27. 27

    يَـٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ

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

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28. 28

    ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً

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

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29. 29

    فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَـٰدِى

    And enter among My [righteous] servants

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30. 30

    وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى

    And enter My Paradise."

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