89:1
وَٱلۡفَجۡرِ 1
By the dawn
89
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فهرس السور
الفجر
Al-Fajr · مكية · 30 آية
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89:2
وَلَيَالٍ عَشۡرٖ 2
And [by] ten nights[1913]
Translation notes
[1913] Usually interpreted as the first ten nights of the month of Dhul-Ḥijjah.
89:3
وَٱلشَّفۡعِ وَٱلۡوَتۡرِ 3
And [by] the even [number] and the odd
89:4
وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَسۡرِ 4
And [by] the night when it passes,
89:5
هَلۡ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٞ لِّذِي حِجۡرٍ 5
Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?[1914]
Translation notes
[1914] Based upon the following verses, what has been sworn to by Allāh is that He will certainly punish the disbelievers.
89:6
أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَيۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ 6
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with ʿAad -
89:7
إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلۡعِمَادِ 7
[With] Iram[1915] - who had lofty pillars,[1916]
Translation notes
[1915] Another name for the first people of ʿAad, to whom Prophet Hūd was sent.
[1916] Supporting their tents or buildings.
89:8
ٱلَّتِي لَمۡ يُخۡلَقۡ مِثۡلُهَا فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ 8
The likes of whom had never been created in the land?
89:9
وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُواْ ٱلصَّخۡرَ بِٱلۡوَادِ 9
And [with] Thamūd, who carved out the rocks in the valley?
89:10
وَفِرۡعَوۡنَ ذِي ٱلۡأَوۡتَادِ 10
And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes?[1917]
Translation notes
[1917] By which he tortured people.
89:11
ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ 11
[All of] whom oppressed within the lands
89:12
فَأَكۡثَرُواْ فِيهَا ٱلۡفَسَادَ 12
And increased therein the corruption.
89:13
فَصَبَّ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّكَ سَوۡطَ عَذَابٍ 13
So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.
89:14
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلۡمِرۡصَادِ 14
Indeed, your Lord is in observation.
89:15
فَأَمَّا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبۡتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكۡرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّيٓ أَكۡرَمَنِ 15
And as for man, when his Lord tries him and [thus] is generous to him and favors him, he says, "My Lord has honored me."[1918]
Translation notes
[1918] He is proud rather than grateful, attributing the favor to his own merit.
89:16
وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبۡتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيۡهِ رِزۡقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّيٓ أَهَٰنَنِ 16
But when He tries him and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated me."
89:17
كَلَّاۖ بَل لَّا تُكۡرِمُونَ ٱلۡيَتِيمَ 17
No![1919] But you do not honor the orphan
Translation notes
[1919] It is not like you imagine. Rather, Allāh tries people through prosperity and hardship and rewards both gratitude and patience with honor in the Hereafter.
89:18
وَلَا تَحَـٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينِ 18
And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.
89:19
وَتَأۡكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكۡلٗا لَّمّٗا 19
And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,[1920]
Translation notes
[1920] Not caring whether it is lawful or unlawful.
89:20
وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡمَالَ حُبّٗا جَمّٗا 20
And you love wealth with immense love.
89:21
كَلَّآۖ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ دَكّٗا دَكّٗا 21
No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed
89:22
وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلۡمَلَكُ صَفّٗا صَفّٗا 22
And your Lord has come[1921] and the angels, rank upon rank,
Translation notes
[1921] To pass judgement. See footnote to 2:19.
89:23
وَجِاْيٓءَ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بِجَهَنَّمَۚ يَوۡمَئِذٖ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ 23
And brought [within view], that Day, is Hell - that Day, man will remember, but how [i.e., what good] to him will be the remembrance?
89:24
يَقُولُ يَٰلَيۡتَنِي قَدَّمۡتُ لِحَيَاتِي 24
He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."[1922]
Translation notes
[1922] The everlasting life of the Hereafter.
89:25
فَيَوۡمَئِذٖ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٞ 25
So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment,
89:26
وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٞ 26
And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers].
89:27
يَـٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفۡسُ ٱلۡمُطۡمَئِنَّةُ 27
[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,
89:28
ٱرۡجِعِيٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةٗ مَّرۡضِيَّةٗ 28
Return to your Lord, well-pleased and pleasing [to Him],
89:29
فَٱدۡخُلِي فِي عِبَٰدِي 29
And enter among My [righteous] servants
89:30
وَٱدۡخُلِي جَنَّتِي 30
And enter My Paradise."