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Surah 89 · Meccan

Al-Fajr

The Dawn

الفجر

31 verses · Maulawi Sher Ali translation

89:1

بِسۡمِ اللّٰہِ الرَّحۡمٰنِ الرَّحِیۡمِ ﴿۱﴾

In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful.
89:2

وَالۡفَجۡرِ ۙ﴿۲﴾

By the Dawn,
89:3

وَلَیَالٍ عَشۡرٍ ۙ﴿۳﴾

And the Ten Nights,
89:4

وَّالشَّفۡعِ وَالۡوَتۡرِ ۙ﴿۴﴾

And the Even and the Odd,
89:5

وَالَّیۡلِ اِذَا یَسۡرِ ۚ﴿۵﴾

And the Night when it moves on to its end,
89:6

ہَلۡ فِیۡ ذٰلِکَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِیۡ حِجۡرٍ ؕ﴿۶﴾

Is there not in it a strong evidence for a man of understanding?
89:7

اَلَمۡ تَرَ کَیۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّکَ بِعَادٍ ۪ۙ﴿۷﴾

Hast thou not seen how thy Lord dealt with ‘Ad —
89:8

اِرَمَ ذَاتِ الۡعِمَادِ ۪ۙ﴿۸﴾

The tribe of Iram, possessors of lofty buildings,
89:9
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الَّتِیۡ لَمۡ یُخۡلَقۡ مِثۡلُہَا فِی الۡبِلَادِ ۪ۙ﴿۹﴾

[✲]The like of whom have not been created in these parts —
89:10

وَثَمُوۡدَ الَّذِیۡنَ جَابُوا الصَّخۡرَ بِالۡوَادِ ۪ۙ﴿۱۰﴾

And with Thamud who hewed out rocks in the valley,
89:11

وَفِرۡعَوۡنَ ذِی الۡاَوۡتَادِ ﴿۪ۙ۱۱﴾

And with Pharaoh, lord of vast camps?
89:12
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الَّذِیۡنَ طَغَوۡا فِی الۡبِلَادِ ﴿۪ۙ۱۲﴾

[✲]Who transgressed in the cities,
89:13

فَاَکۡثَرُوۡا فِیۡہَا الۡفَسَادَ ﴿۪ۙ۱۳﴾

And wrought much corruption therein.
89:14

فَصَبَّ عَلَیۡہِمۡ رَبُّکَ سَوۡطَ عَذَابٍ ﴿ۚۙ۱۴﴾

Thy Lord then let fall on them the whip of punishment.
89:15

اِنَّ رَبَّکَ لَبِالۡمِرۡصَادِ ﴿ؕ۱۵﴾

Surely thy Lord is on the watch
89:16

فَاَمَّا الۡاِنۡسَانُ اِذَا مَا ابۡتَلٰٮہُ رَبُّہٗ فَاَکۡرَمَہٗ وَنَعَّمَہٗ ۬ۙ فَیَقُوۡلُ رَبِّیۡۤ اَکۡرَمَنِ ﴿ؕ۱۶﴾

As for man, when his Lord tries him and honours him and bestows favours on him, he says, ‘My Lord has honoured me.’
89:17

وَاَمَّاۤ اِذَا مَا ابۡتَلٰٮہُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَیۡہِ رِزۡقَہٗ ۬ۙ فَیَقُوۡلُ رَبِّیۡۤ اَہَانَنِ ﴿ۚ۱۷﴾

But when He tries him and straitens for him his means of subsistence, he says, ‘My Lord has disgraced me.’
89:18

کَلَّا بَلۡ لَّا تُکۡرِمُوۡنَ الۡیَتِیۡمَ ﴿ۙ۱۸﴾

Nay, but you honour not the orphan,
89:19

وَلَا تَحٰٓضُّوۡنَ عَلٰی طَعَامِ الۡمِسۡکِیۡنِ ﴿ۙ۱۹﴾

And you urge not one another to feed the poor,
89:20

وَتَاۡکُلُوۡنَ التُّرَاثَ اَکۡلًا لَّمًّا ﴿ۙ۲۰﴾

And you devour the heritage of other people wholly,
89:21

وَّتُحِبُّوۡنَ الۡمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا ﴿ؕ۲۱﴾

And you love wealth with exceeding love.
89:22
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کَلَّاۤ اِذَا دُکَّتِ الۡاَرۡضُ دَکًّا دَکًّا ﴿ۙ۲۲﴾

[✲]Nay, when the earth is completely broken into pieces and made level;
89:23

وَّجَآءَ رَبُّکَ وَالۡمَلَکُ صَفًّا صَفًّا ﴿ۚ۲۳﴾

And thy Lord comes and also the angels ranged in rows after rows;
89:24

وَجِایۡٓءَ یَوۡمَئِذٍۭ بِجَہَنَّمَ ۬ۙ یَوۡمَئِذٍ یَّتَذَکَّرُ الۡاِنۡسَانُ وَاَنّٰی لَہُ الذِّکۡرٰی ﴿ؕ۲۴﴾

And Hell is brought near that day; on that day man will remember, but of what avail shall be his remembrance?
89:25

یَقُوۡلُ یٰلَیۡتَنِیۡ قَدَّمۡتُ لِحَیَاتِیۡ ﴿ۚ۲۵﴾

He will say, ‘O would that I had sent on some good works for my life here!’
89:26

فَیَوۡمَئِذٍ لَّا یُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَہٗۤ اَحَدٌ ﴿ۙ۲۶﴾

So on that day none can punish like unto His punishment,
89:27

وَّلَا یُوۡثِقُ وَثَاقَہٗۤ اَحَدٌ ﴿ؕ۲۷﴾

And none can bind like unto His binding;
89:28

یٰۤاَیَّتُہَا النَّفۡسُ الۡمُطۡمَئِنَّۃُ ﴿٭ۖ۲۸﴾

And thou, O soul at peace!
89:29

ارۡجِعِیۡۤ اِلٰی رَبِّکِ رَاضِیَۃً مَّرۡضِیَّۃً ﴿ۚ۲۹﴾

Return to thy Lord well pleased with Him and He well pleased with thee.
89:30

فَادۡخُلِیۡ فِیۡ عِبٰدِیۡ ﴿ۙ۳۰﴾

So enter thou among My chosen servants,
89:31

وَادۡخُلِیۡ جَنَّتِیۡ ﴿٪۳۱﴾

And enter thou My Garden.
Al-Fajr — The Dawn
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