The Dawn
سورة الفجر
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
89:1
The Dawn
وَٱلْفَجْرِ١
By the dawn
89:2
The Dawn
وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ٢
and the ten nights
89:3
The Dawn
وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ٣
and the even and the odd
89:4
The Dawn
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ٤
and the night when it passes!
89:5
The Dawn
هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ٥
Is all this ˹not˺ a sufficient oath for those who have sense?
89:6
The Dawn
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ٦
Did you not see how your Lord dealt with ’Ȃd—
89:7
The Dawn
إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ٧
˹the people˺ of Iram—with ˹their˺ great stature
89:8
The Dawn
ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ٨
unmatched in any other land;
89:9
The Dawn
وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ٩
and Thamûd who carved ˹their homes into˺ the rocks in the ˹Stone˺ Valley;
89:10
The Dawn
وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ١٠
and the Pharaoh of mighty structures?
89:11
The Dawn
ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ١١
They all transgressed throughout the land
89:12
The Dawn
فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ١٢
spreading much corruption there.
89:13
The Dawn
فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ١٣
So your Lord unleashed on them a scourge of punishment.
89:14
The Dawn
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ١٤
˹For˺ your Lord is truly vigilant.
89:15
The Dawn
فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ١٥
Now, whenever a human being is tested by their Lord through ˹His˺ generosity and blessings, they boast, “My Lord has ˹deservedly˺ honoured me!”
89:16
The Dawn
وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَـٰنَنِ١٦
But when He tests them by limiting their provision, they protest, “My Lord has ˹undeservedly˺ humiliated me!”
89:17
The Dawn
كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ١٧
Absolutely not! In fact, you are not ˹even˺ gracious to the orphan
89:18
The Dawn
وَلَا تَحَـٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ١٨
nor do you urge one another to feed the poor.
89:19
The Dawn
وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا١٩
And you devour ˹others’˺ inheritance greedily
89:20
The Dawn
وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا٢٠
and love wealth fervently.