سُورَةُ الفَجۡرِ

The Dawn

89:1

وَٱلۡفَجۡرِ ١

By the Dawn;¹

89:2

وَلَيَالٍ عَشۡرٖ ٢

and the Ten Nights;¹

89:3

وَٱلشَّفۡعِ وَٱلۡوَتۡرِ ٣

and the Even and Odd [contrasted];¹

89:4

وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَسۡرِ ٤

and the Night when it passes.

89:5

هَلۡ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٞ لِّذِي حِجۡرٍ ٥

Is there [not] in these an adjuration for one who understands?

89:6

أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَيۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ ٦

See you not how your Lord dealt with the ‘Ād [people],¹

89:7

إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلۡعِمَادِ ٧

of the [town of] Iram,¹the one with lofty pillars,

89:8

ٱلَّتِي لَمۡ يُخۡلَقۡ مِثۡلُهَا فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ ٨

the like of which were not created in [all] the land?

89:9

وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُواْ ٱلصَّخۡرَ بِٱلۡوَادِ ٩

And [how He dealt] with the Thamūd¹[people], who cut out [huge] rocks in the valley?

89:10

وَفِرۡعَوۡنَ ذِي ٱلۡأَوۡتَادِ ١٠

And with the Pharaoh,¹Lord of Stakes?

89:11

ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ ١١

[All] these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,

89:12

فَأَكۡثَرُواْ فِيهَا ٱلۡفَسَادَ ١٢

and heaped therein mischief [on mischief].

89:13

فَصَبَّ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّكَ سَوۡطَ عَذَابٍ ١٣

Therefore, your Lord flogged them with [diverse] punishments.

89:14

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلۡمِرۡصَادِ ١٤

Verily, your Lord is [ever] Watchful.

89:15

فَأَمَّا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبۡتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكۡرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّيٓ أَكۡرَمَنِ ١٥

Now, as for Man, when his Lord tests him, giving him honour and gifts, says he [puffed up], “My Lord has honoured me.”

89:16

وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبۡتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيۡهِ رِزۡقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّيٓ أَهَٰنَنِ ١٦

But when He [Allāh] tests him, restricting his sustenance for him, says he [in despair], “My Lord has humiliated me!”

89:17

كـَلَّاۖ بَل لَّا تُكۡرِمُونَ ٱلۡيَتِيمَ ١٧

Nay! But you honour not the orphan!

89:18

وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينِ ١٨

Nor do you encourage one another to feed the poor!

89:19

وَتَأۡكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكۡلٗا لَّمّٗا ١٩

And you devour inheritance¹with greed,

89:20

وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡمَالَ حُبّٗا جَمّٗا ٢٠

And you love wealth with inordinate lust!

89:21

كـَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ دَكّٗا دَكّٗا ٢١

Nay! When the earth is pounded to smithereens,

89:22

وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلۡمَلَكُ صَفّٗا صَفّٗا ٢٢

And your Lord will come with the angels, rank upon rank,

89:23

وَجِاْيٓءَ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بِجَهَنَّمَۚ يَوۡمَئِذٖ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ ٢٣

and Hell, that Day, will be brought [face to face]. On that Day will Man remember, but how will that remembrance profit him?

89:24

يَقُولُ يَٰلَيۡتَنِي قَدَّمۡتُ لِحَيَاتِي ٢٤

He will say: “Ah! Would that I had sent forth [good deeds for my [future] life!”

89:25

فَيَوۡمَئِذٖ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٞ ٢٥

For, that Day, His punishment will be such as none [else] can inflict,

89:26

وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٞ ٢٦

And His fetters will be such as none [other] can bind with.

89:27

يَٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفۡسُ ٱلۡمُطۡمَئِنَّةُ ٢٧

[The righteous soul will be told:] “O [you] the satisfied soul!

89:28

ٱرۡجِعِيٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةٗ مَّرۡضِيَّةٗ ٢٨

“Return to your Lord, well-pleased (yourself), and well-pleased by Him!

89:29

فَٱدۡخُلِي فِي عِبَٰدِي ٢٩

“So, enter, then, the ranks of My servants!¹

89:30

وَٱدۡخُلِي جَنَّتِي ٣٠

“And, enter My Paradise!”