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89 Al-Fajr ٱلْفَجْر

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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
89:1 وَٱلْفَجْرِ
89:1
A. J. Arberry (English) :
By the dawn
89:2 وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ
89:2
A. J. Arberry (English) :
and ten nights,
89:3 وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ
89:3
A. J. Arberry (English) :
by the even and the odd,
89:4 وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ
89:4
A. J. Arberry (English) :
by the night when it journeys on!
89:5 هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ
89:5
A. J. Arberry (English) :
Is there in that an oath for a mindful man?
89:6 أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
89:6
A. J. Arberry (English) :
Hast thou not seen how thy Lord did with Ad,
89:7 إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ
89:7
A. J. Arberry (English) :
Iram of the pillars,
89:8 ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ
89:8
A. J. Arberry (English) :
the like of which was never created in the land,
89:9 وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ
89:9
A. J. Arberry (English) :
and Thamood, who hollowed the rocks in the valley,
89:10 وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ
89:10
A. J. Arberry (English) :
and Pharaoh, he of the tent-pegs,
89:11 ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ
89:11
A. J. Arberry (English) :
who all were insolent in the land
89:12 فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ
89:12
A. J. Arberry (English) :
and worked much corruption therein?
89:13 فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ
89:13
A. J. Arberry (English) :
Thy Lord unloosed on them a scourge of chastisement;
89:14 إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ
89:14
A. J. Arberry (English) :
surely thy Lord is ever on the watch.
89:15 فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ
89:15
A. J. Arberry (English) :
As for man, whenever his Lord tries him, and honours him, and blesses him, then he says, 'My Lord has honoured me.'
89:16 وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَـٰنَنِ
89:16
A. J. Arberry (English) :
But when he tries him and stints for him his provision, then he says, 'My Lord has despised me.'
89:17 كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ
89:17
A. J. Arberry (English) :
No indeed; but you honour not the orphan,
89:18 وَلَا تَحَـٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ
89:18
A. J. Arberry (English) :
and you urge not the feeding of the needy,
89:19 وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا
89:19
A. J. Arberry (English) :
and you devour the inheritance greedily,
89:20 وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا
89:20
A. J. Arberry (English) :
and you love wealth with an ardent love
89:21 كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا
89:21
A. J. Arberry (English) :
No indeed! When the earth is ground to powder,
89:22 وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا
89:22
A. J. Arberry (English) :
and thy Lord comes, and the angels rank on rank,
89:23 وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ
89:23
A. J. Arberry (English) :
and Gehenna is brought out, upon that day man will remember; and how shall the Reminder be for him?
89:24 يَقُولُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى
89:24
A. J. Arberry (English) :
He shall say, 'O would that I had forwarded for my life!'
89:25 فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
89:25
A. J. Arberry (English) :
Upon that day none shall chastise as He chastises,
89:26 وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
89:26
A. J. Arberry (English) :
none shall bind as He binds.
89:27 يَـٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ
89:27
A. J. Arberry (English) :
'O soul at peace,
89:28 ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً
89:28
A. J. Arberry (English) :
return unto thy Lord, well-pleased, well-pleasing!
89:29 فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَـٰدِى
89:29
A. J. Arberry (English) :
Enter thou among My servants!
89:30 وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى
89:30
A. J. Arberry (English) :
Enter thou My Paradise!'