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Muhammad Sarwar

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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
Muhammad Sarwar (English) :
By the dawn,

89:2 وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ
89:2
Muhammad Sarwar (English) :
by the Ten (secret) Nights,

89:3 وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ
89:3
Muhammad Sarwar (English) :
by the odd and even (8th and 9th Dhil-hajj)

89:4 وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ
89:4
Muhammad Sarwar (English) :
and by the night when it moves on towards daybreak (reward and retribution in the next life is an absolute reality).

89:5 هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ
89:5
Muhammad Sarwar (English) :
Is this not a sufficient oath for intelligent people?

89:6 أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
89:6
Muhammad Sarwar (English) :
(Muhammad), consider how your Lord dealt with the tribe of Ad,

89:7 إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ
89:7
Muhammad Sarwar (English) :
the people of the huge columned city of Eram

89:8 ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ
89:8
Muhammad Sarwar (English) :
whose like has never been created in any other land.

89:9 وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ
89:9
Muhammad Sarwar (English) :
(Also consider how He dealt with) the Thamud, who carved their houses out of the rocks in the valley.

89:10 وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ
89:10
Muhammad Sarwar (English) :
(Also consider the people of) the Pharaoh who victimized people by placing them on the stake,

89:11 ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ
89:11
Muhammad Sarwar (English) :
led rebellious lives,

89:12 فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ
89:12
Muhammad Sarwar (English) :
and spread much corruption in the land.

89:13 فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ
89:13
Muhammad Sarwar (English) :
Thus, your Lord afflicted them with torment;

89:14 إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ
89:14
Muhammad Sarwar (English) :
your Lord keeps an eye on (all evil-doing people).

89:15 فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ
89:15
Muhammad Sarwar (English) :
As for the human being, when his Lord tests him, honors him, and grants him bounty, he says, "God has honored me".

89:16 وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَـٰنَنِ
89:16
Muhammad Sarwar (English) :
However, when his Lord tests him by a measured amount of sustenance, he says, "God has disgraced me".

89:17 كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ
89:17
Muhammad Sarwar (English) :
(Since wealth does not necessarily guarantee everlasting happiness) then why do you not show kindness to the orphans,

89:18 وَلَا تَحَـٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ
89:18
Muhammad Sarwar (English) :
or urge one another to feed the destitute?

89:19 وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا
89:19
Muhammad Sarwar (English) :
Why do you take away the inheritance of others indiscriminately

89:20 وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا
89:20
Muhammad Sarwar (English) :
and why do you have an excessive love of riches?

89:21 كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا
89:21
Muhammad Sarwar (English) :
When the earth is crushed into small pieces

89:22 وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا
89:22
Muhammad Sarwar (English) :
and (when you find yourself) in the presence of your Lord and the rows and rows of angels, your greed for riches will certainly be of no avail to you.

89:23 وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ
89:23
Muhammad Sarwar (English) :
On that day, hell will be brought closer and the human being will come to his senses, but this will be of no avail to him.

89:24 يَقُولُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى
89:24
Muhammad Sarwar (English) :
He will say, "Would that I had done some good deeds for this life".

89:25 فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
89:25
Muhammad Sarwar (English) :
On that day the punishment of God and His detention will be unparalleled.

89:26 وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
89:26
Muhammad Sarwar (English) :
And His bonds will be such as none other can bind.

89:27 يَـٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ
89:27
Muhammad Sarwar (English) :
Serene soul,

89:28 ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً
89:28
Muhammad Sarwar (English) :
return to your Lord well pleased with him and He will be pleased with you.

89:29 فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَـٰدِى
89:29
Muhammad Sarwar (English) :
Enter among My servants

89:30 وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى
89:30
Muhammad Sarwar (English) :
into My Paradise.