Dawn • 30 verses • الفجر
[89:0] In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
[89:1] By the dawn.
وَٱلْفَجْرِ
[89:2] And the ten nights. *
وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ
*89:2 Last ten nights of Ramadan, wherein many believers retreat to the masjids (2:187).
[89:3] By the even and the odd. *
وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ
*89:3 See Appendix 1 for the role of the even numbers and the odd numbers.
[89:4] By the night as it passes.
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ
[89:5] A profound oath, for one who possesses intelligence.
هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ
[89:6] Have you noted what your Lord did to 'Ãd?
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
[89:7] Erum; the town with tall buildings.
إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ
[89:8] There was nothing like it anywhere.
ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ
[89:9] Also Thamûd, who carved the rocks in their valley.
وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ
[89:10] And Pharaoh who possessed might.
وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ
[89:11] They all transgressed in the land.
ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ
[89:12] They spread evil throughout.
فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ
[89:13] Consequently, your Lord poured upon them a whipping retribution.
فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ
[89:14] Your Lord is ever watchful.
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ
[89:15] When the human being is tested by his Lord, through blessings and joy, he says, "My Lord is generous towards me."
فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ
[89:16] But if He tests him through reduction in provisions, he says, "My Lord is humiliating me!"
وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَٰنَنِ
[89:17] Wrong! It is you who brought it on yourselves by not regarding the orphan.
كَلَّا بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ
[89:18] And not advocating charity towards the poor.
وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ
[89:19] And consuming the inheritance of helpless orphans.
وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا
[89:20] And loving the money too much.
وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا
[89:21] Indeed, when the earth is crushed, utterly crushed.
كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا
[89:22] And your Lord comes, together with the angels in row after row.
وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا
[89:23] On that day, Gehenna will be brought forth. On that day, the human being will remember—but what a remembrance—it will be too late.
وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ
[89:24] He will say, "Oh, I wish I prepared for my (eternal) life."
يَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى
[89:25] On that day, no retribution could be worse than His retribution.
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
[89:26] And no confinement is as effective as His confinement.
وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
[89:27] As for you, O content soul.
يَٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ
[89:28] Return to your Lord, pleased and pleasing.
ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً
[89:29] Welcome into My servants.
فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَٰدِى
[89:30] Welcome into My Paradise.
وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى