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                        Abdullah Yusuf Ali
                        
                        
                        
                    
                
                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 break of Day  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:2
                    وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:2
                    By the Nights twice five;  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:3
                    وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:3
                    By the even and odd (contrasted);  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:4
                    وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:4
                    And by the Night when it passeth away;-  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:5
                    هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:5
                    Is there (not) in these an adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand?  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:6
                    أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:6
                    Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad (people),-  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:7
                    إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:7
                    Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:8
                    ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:8
                    The like of which were not produced in (all) the land?  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:9
                    وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:9
                    And with the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley?-  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:10
                    وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:10
                    And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:11
                    ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:11
                    (All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:12
                    فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:12
                    And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:13
                    فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:13
                    Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements:  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:14
                    إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:14
                    For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch-tower.  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:15
                    فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:15
                    Now, as for man, when his Lord trieth him, giving him honour and gifts, then saith he, (puffed up), "My Lord hath honoured me."  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:16
                    وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَـٰنَنِ
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:16
                    But when He trieth him, restricting his subsistence for him, then saith he (in despair), "My Lord hath humiliated me!"  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:17
                    كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:17
                    Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:18
                    وَلَا تَحَـٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:18
                    Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor!-  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:19
                    وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:19
                    And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:20
                    وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:20
                    And ye love wealth with inordinate love!  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:21
                    كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:21
                    Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:22
                    وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:22
                    And thy Lord cometh, and His angels, rank upon rank,  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:23
                    وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:23
                    And Hell, that Day, is brought (face to face),- on that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance profit him?  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:24
                    يَقُولُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:24
                    He will say: "Ah! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my (Future) Life!"  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:25
                    فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:25
                    For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict,  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:26
                    وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:26
                    And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:27
                    يَـٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:27
                    (To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction!  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:28
                    ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:28
                    "Come back thou to thy Lord,- well pleased (thyself), and well-pleasing unto Him!  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:29
                    فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَـٰدِى
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:29
                    "Enter thou, then, among My devotees!  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:30
                    وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى
                
                
                
                
                
                    89:30
                    "Yea, enter thou My Heaven!  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English)