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                        Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish
                        
                        
                        
                    
                
                Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Abul Ala Maududi
Ahmed Ali
Ahmed Raza Khan
A. J. Arberry
Ali Quli Qarai
Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish
Mohammad Habib Shakir
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall
Muhammad Sarwar
Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali and Muhammad Muhsin Khan
Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
Saheeh International
Talal Itani
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Wahiduddin Khan
                    بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
                
                
                    In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
                
            
                    89:1
                    وَٱلْفَجْرِ
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:1
                    By the dawn  - Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:2
                    وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:2
                    and ten nights (of pilgrimage or the last ten days of Ramadan),  - Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:3
                    وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:3
                    by the even, and the odd,  - Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:4
                    وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:4
                    by the night when it journeys on!  - Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:5
                    هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:5
                    Is there in that an oath for the mindful?  - Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:6
                    أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:6
                    Have you not heard how your Lord dealt with Aad?  - Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:7
                    إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:7
                    of the columned (city) of Iram,  - Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:8
                    ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:8
                    the like of which was never created in the countries?  - Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:9
                    وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:9
                    And Thamood, who hewed out the rocks of the valley?  - Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:10
                    وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:10
                    And Pharaoh, of the pegs (impaling his victims)?  - Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:11
                    ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ
                
                
                
                
                
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                    They were tyrants in the land  - Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:12
                    فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:12
                    and exceeded in corruption therein.  - Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:13
                    فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:13
                    (Therefore) your Lord let loose upon them a scourge of punishment;  - Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:14
                    إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ
                
                
                
                
                
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                    indeed, your Lord is ever watchful.  - Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:15
                    فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:15
                    As for man, when his Lord tests him by honoring him and favoring him, he says: 'My Lord, has honored me'  - Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:16
                    وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَـٰنَنِ
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:16
                    But when He tests him by restricting his provision, he says: 'My Lord has humiliated me'  - Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:17
                    كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:17
                    No! But you show no good to the orphan,  - Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:18
                    وَلَا تَحَـٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ
                
                
                
                
                
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                    nor do you urge one another to feed the needy.  - Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:19
                    وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا
                
                
                
                
                
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                    and you devour the inheritance with greed,  - Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:20
                    وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا
                
                
                
                
                
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                    and you ardently love wealth.  - Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:21
                    كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا
                
                
                
                
                
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                    No! But when the earth quakes and is pounded,  - Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:22
                    وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا
                
                
                
                
                
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                    and your Lord comes with the angels, rank upon rank,  - Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish (English)
                
                
                
                
                
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                    وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
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                    and Gehenna (Hell) is brought near on that Day the human will remember, and how shall the Reminder be for him?  - Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:24
                    يَقُولُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى
                
                
                
                
                
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                    He will say: 'Would that I had forwarded (good works) for my life!'  - Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish (English)
                
                
                
                
                
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                    فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
                
                
                
                
                
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                    But on that Day none will punish as He (Allah) will punish,  - Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish (English)
                
                
                
                
                
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                    وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
                
                
                
                
                
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                    nor will any bind as He binds.  - Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:27
                    يَـٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:27
                    O satisfied soul,  - Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:28
                    ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:28
                    return to your Lord wellpleased, wellpleasing.  - Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:29
                    فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَـٰدِى
                
                
                
                
                
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                    Join My worshipers and  - Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:30
                    وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:30
                    enter My Paradise!  - Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish (English)