Chapter 89

The DawnAl-Fajr (الفجر)

30 verses • revealed at Meccan

1 وَٱلْفَجْرِ
By the break of Day
2 وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ
By the Nights twice five;
3 وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ
By the even and odd (contrasted);
4 وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ
And by the Night when it passeth away;-
5 هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ
Is there (not) in these an adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand?
6 أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad (people),-
7 إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ
Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,
8 ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ
The like of which were not produced in (all) the land?
9 وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ
And with the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley?-
10 وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ
And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?
11 ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ
(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,
12 فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ
And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).
13 فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ
Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements:
14 إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ
For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch-tower.
15 فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ
Now, as for man, when his Lord trieth him, giving him honour and gifts, then saith he, (puffed up), "My Lord hath honoured me."
16 وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَٰنَنِ
But when He trieth him, restricting his subsistence for him, then saith he (in despair), "My Lord hath humiliated me!"
17 كَلَّا بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ
Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!
18 وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ
Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor!-
19 وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا
And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,
20 وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا
And ye love wealth with inordinate love!
21 كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا
Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,
22 وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا
And thy Lord cometh, and His angels, rank upon rank,
23 وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ
And Hell, that Day, is brought (face to face),- on that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance profit him?
24 يَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى
He will say: "Ah! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my (Future) Life!"
25 فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict,
26 وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.
27 يَٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ
(To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction!
28 ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً
"Come back thou to thy Lord,- well pleased (thyself), and well-pleasing unto Him!
29 فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَٰدِى
"Enter thou, then, among My devotees!
30 وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى
"Yea, enter thou My Heaven!