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CHAPTER 89 · 30 VERSES

Surah Al-Fajr

Arabic text and English translation

Translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com · CC BY-ND 4.0. A translation conveys meanings; it does not replace the Arabic Quran.

وَٱلْفَجْرِ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

By the daybreak.

وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

And ten nights.

وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

And the even and the odd.

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

And the night as it recedes.

هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

Is there in this an oath for a rational person?

أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

Have you not seen how your Lord dealt with Aad?

إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

Erum of the pillars.

ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

The like of which was never created in the land.

وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

And Thamood—those who carved the rocks in the valley.

وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

And Pharaoh of the Stakes.

ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

Those who committed excesses in the lands.

فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

And spread much corruption therein.

فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

So your Lord poured down upon them a scourge of punishment.

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

Your Lord is on the lookout.

فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

As for man, whenever his Lord tests him, and honors him, and prospers him, he says, “My Lord has honored me.”

وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَـٰنَنِ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

But whenever He tests him, and restricts his livelihood for him, he says, “My Lord has insulted me.”

كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

Not at all. But you do not honor the orphan.

وَلَا تَحَـٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

And you do not urge the feeding of the poor.

وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

And you devour inheritance with all greed.

وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

And you love wealth with immense love.

كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

No—when the earth is leveled, pounded, and crushed.

وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

And your Lord comes, with the angels, row after row.

وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

And on that Day, Hell is brought forward. On that Day, man will remember, but how will remembrance avail him?

يَقُولُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

He will say, “If only I had forwarded for my life.”

فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

On that Day, none will punish as He punishes.

وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

And none will shackle as He shackles.

يَـٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

But as for you, O tranquil soul.

ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

Return to your Lord, pleased and accepted.

فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَـٰدِى

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

Enter among My servants.

وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى

ENGLISH TRANSLATION · TALAL ITANI

Enter My Paradise.

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