English translation: The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, Marmaduke Pickthall
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Surah 89 الفجر
30 Verses
Meccan
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
وَالْفَجْرِ Verse 1
By the Dawn
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وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ Verse 2
And ten nights,
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وَالشَّفْعِ وَالْوَتْرِ Verse 3
And the Even and the Odd,
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وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ Verse 4
And the night when it departeth,
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هَلْ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِي حِجْرٍ Verse 5
There surely is an oath for thinking man.
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أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ Verse 6
Dost thou not consider how thy Lord dealt with (the tribe of) A'ad,
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إِرَمَ ذَاتِ الْعِمَادِ Verse 7
With many-columned Iram,
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الَّتِي لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِي الْبِلَادِ Verse 8
The like of which was not created in the lands;
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وَثَمُودَ الَّذِينَ جَابُوا الصَّخْرَ بِالْوَادِ Verse 9
And with (the tribe of) Thamud, who clove the rocks in the valley;
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وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِي الْأَوْتَادِ Verse 10
And with Pharaoh, firm of might,
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الَّذِينَ طَغَوْا فِي الْبِلَادِ Verse 11
Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands,
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فَأَكْثَرُوا فِيهَا الْفَسَادَ Verse 12
And multiplied iniquity therein?
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فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ Verse 13
Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment.
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إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِالْمِرْصَادِ Verse 14
Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful.
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فَأَمَّا الْإِنسَانُ إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ رَبُّهُ فَأَكْرَمَهُ وَنَعَّمَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَكْرَمَنِ Verse 15
As for man, whenever his Lord trieth him by honouring him, and is gracious unto him, he saith: My Lord honoureth me.
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وَأَمَّا إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَهَانَنِ Verse 16
But whenever He trieth him by straitening his means of life, he saith: My Lord despiseth me.
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كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ الْيَتِيمَ Verse 17
Nay, but ye (for your part) honour not the orphan
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وَلَا تَحَاضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ Verse 18
And urge not on the feeding of the poor.
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وَتَأْكُلُونَ التُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا Verse 19
And ye devour heritages with devouring greed.
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وَتُحِبُّونَ الْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا Verse 20
And love wealth with abounding love.
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كَلَّا إِذَا دُكَّتِ الْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا Verse 21
Nay, but when the earth is ground to atoms, grinding, grinding,
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وَجَاءَ رَبُّكَ وَالْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا Verse 22
And thy Lord shall come with angels, rank on rank,
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وَجِيءَ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنسَانُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ الذِّكْرَىٰ Verse 23
And hell is brought near that day; on that day man will remember, but how will the remembrance (then avail him)?
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يَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِي Verse 24
He will say: Ah, would that I had sent before me (some provision) for my life!
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فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُ أَحَدٌ Verse 25
None punisheth as He will punish on that day!
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وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُ أَحَدٌ Verse 26
None bindeth as He then will bind.
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يَا أَيَّتُهَا النَّفْسُ الْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ Verse 27
But ah! thou soul at peace!
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ارْجِعِي إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً Verse 28
Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure!
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فَادْخُلِي فِي عِبَادِي Verse 29
Enter thou among My bondmen!
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وَادْخُلِي جَنَّتِي Verse 30
Enter thou My Garden!
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