Al-Fajr
الفجر
Meccan · 30 verses · Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Arabic text: Uthmani script, verified against an independent source. NUR never alters the Quranic text.
- 89:1
وَٱلۡفَجۡرِ
By the Dawn
- 89:2
وَلَیَالٍ عَشۡرࣲ
And ten nights
- 89:3
وَٱلشَّفۡعِ وَٱلۡوَتۡرِ
And the Even and the Odd
- 89:4
وَٱلَّیۡلِ إِذَا یَسۡرِ
And the night when it departeth
- 89:5
هَلۡ فِی ذَ ٰلِكَ قَسَمࣱ لِّذِی حِجۡرٍ
There surely is an oath for thinking man
- 89:6
أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَیۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
Dost thou not consider how thy Lord dealt with (the tribe of) A'ad
- 89:7
إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلۡعِمَادِ
With many-columned Iram
- 89:8
ٱلَّتِی لَمۡ یُخۡلَقۡ مِثۡلُهَا فِی ٱلۡبِلَـٰدِ
The like of which was not created in the lands
- 89:9
وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِینَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخۡرَ بِٱلۡوَادِ
And with (the tribe of) Thamud, who clove the rocks in the valley
- 89:10
وَفِرۡعَوۡنَ ذِی ٱلۡأَوۡتَادِ
And with Pharaoh, firm of might
- 89:11
ٱلَّذِینَ طَغَوۡا۟ فِی ٱلۡبِلَـٰدِ
Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands
- 89:12
فَأَكۡثَرُوا۟ فِیهَا ٱلۡفَسَادَ
And multiplied iniquity therein
- 89:13
فَصَبَّ عَلَیۡهِمۡ رَبُّكَ سَوۡطَ عَذَابٍ
Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment
- 89:14
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلۡمِرۡصَادِ
Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful
- 89:15
فَأَمَّا ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبۡتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكۡرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَیَقُولُ رَبِّیۤ أَكۡرَمَنِ
As for man, whenever his Lord trieth him by honouring him, and is gracious unto him, he saith: My Lord honoureth me
- 89:16
وَأَمَّاۤ إِذَا مَا ٱبۡتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَیۡهِ رِزۡقَهُۥ فَیَقُولُ رَبِّیۤ أَهَـٰنَنِ
But whenever He trieth him by straitening his means of life, he saith: My Lord despiseth me
- 89:17
كَلَّاۖ بَل لَّا تُكۡرِمُونَ ٱلۡیَتِیمَ
Nay, but ye (for your part) honour not the orphan
- 89:18
وَلَا تَحَـٰۤضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِینِ
And urge not on the feeding of the poor
- 89:19
وَتَأۡكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكۡلࣰا لَّمࣰّا
And ye devour heritages with devouring greed
- 89:20
وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡمَالَ حُبࣰّا جَمࣰّا
And love wealth with abounding love
- 89:21
كَلَّاۤۖ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ دَكࣰّا دَكࣰّا
Nay, but when the earth is ground to atoms, grinding, grinding
- 89:22
وَجَاۤءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلۡمَلَكُ صَفࣰّا صَفࣰّا
And thy Lord shall come with angels, rank on rank
- 89:23
وَجِا۟یۤءَ یَوۡمَئِذِۭ بِجَهَنَّمَۚ یَوۡمَئِذࣲ یَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ
And hell is brought near that day; on that day man will remember, but how will the remembrance (then avail him)
- 89:24
یَقُولُ یَـٰلَیۡتَنِی قَدَّمۡتُ لِحَیَاتِی
He will say: Ah, would that I had sent before me (some provision) for my life
- 89:25
فَیَوۡمَئِذࣲ لَّا یُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥۤ أَحَدࣱ
None punisheth as He will punish on that day
- 89:26
وَلَا یُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥۤ أَحَدࣱ
None bindeth as He then will bind
- 89:27
یَـٰۤأَیَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفۡسُ ٱلۡمُطۡمَئِنَّةُ
But ah! thou soul at peace
- 89:28
ٱرۡجِعِیۤ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِیَةࣰ مَّرۡضِیَّةࣰ
Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure
- 89:29
فَٱدۡخُلِی فِی عِبَـٰدِی
Enter thou among My bondmen
- 89:30
وَٱدۡخُلِی جَنَّتِی
Enter thou My Garden