Surah Al Fajr

وَٱلۡفَجۡرِ

By the Break of Day

وَلَيَالٍ عَشۡرٍ۬

By the Nights twice five;

وَٱلشَّفۡعِ وَٱلۡوَتۡرِ

By the Even and Odd (contrasted);

وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَسۡرِ  

And by the Night when it passeth away --

هَلۡ فِى ذَٲلِكَ قَسَمٌ۬ لِّذِى حِجۡرٍ

Is there (not) in these and adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand?

أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَيۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ

Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad (people) --

إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلۡعِمَادِ  

Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,

ٱلَّتِى لَمۡ يُخۡلَقۡ مِثۡلُهَا فِى ٱلۡبِلَـٰدِ  

The like of which were not produced in (all) the land?

وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُواْ ٱلصَّخۡرَ بِٱلۡوَادِ  

And with the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley? --

وَفِرۡعَوۡنَ ذِى ٱلۡأَوۡتَادِ

And with Pharaoh, Lord of Stakes?

ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوۡاْ فِى ٱلۡبِلَـٰدِ  

(All) these transgressed Beyond bounds in the lands.

فَأَكۡثَرُواْ فِيہَا ٱلۡفَسَادَ  

And heaped therein Mischief (on mischief).

فَصَبَّ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّكَ سَوۡطَ عَذَابٍ  

Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisement:

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلۡمِرۡصَادِ

For thy Lord is (As a Guardian) on a watchtower.

فَأَمَّا ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبۡتَلَٮٰهُ رَبُّهُ ۥ فَأَكۡرَمَهُ ۥ وَنَعَّمَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكۡرَمَنِ

Now, as for man, when his Lord trieth him giving him honor and gifts, then saith he, (puffed up), "My Lord hath honored me."

وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبۡتَلَٮٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيۡهِ رِزۡقَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَـٰنَنِ ۥ

But when He trieth him, restricting his subsistence for him, then saith he (in despair), "My Lord hath humiliated me!"

كَلَّا‌ۖ  بَل لَّا تُكۡرِمُونَ ٱلۡيَتِيمَ  

Nay, nay! but ye honor not the orphans!

وَلَا تَحَـٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينِ

Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor! --

وَتَأۡڪُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَڪۡلاً۬ لَّمًّ۬ا

And ye devour inheritance -- all with greed.

وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡمَالَ حُبًّ۬ا جَمًّ۬ا

And ye love wealth with inordinate love!

كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ دَكًّ۬ا دَكًّ۬ا

Nay! when the earth is pounded to powder,

وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلۡمَلَكُ صَفًّ۬ا صَفًّ۬ا

And thy Lord cometh and His angels, rank upon rank,

وَجِاْىٓءَ يَوۡمَٮِٕذِۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ‌ۚ

And Hell, that Day, is brought (face to face) --

يَوۡمَٮِٕذٍ۬ يَتَذَڪَّرُ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ  

on that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance profit him?

يَقُولُ يَـٰلَيۡتَنِى قَدَّمۡتُ لِحَيَاتِى  

He will say: "Ah! would that I had sent forth (Good Deeds) for (this) my (Future) Life."

فَيَوۡمَٮِٕذٍ۬ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُ ۥۤ أَحَدٌ۬

For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict,

وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُ ۥۤ أَحَدٌ۬

And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.

يَـٰٓأَيَّتُہَا ٱلنَّفۡسُ ٱلۡمُطۡمَٮِٕنَّةُ  

(To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction!

ٱرۡجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً۬ مَّرۡضِيَّةً۬  

"Come back thou to thy Lord -- well pleased (thyself), and well-pleasing unto Him!

فَٱدۡخُلِى فِى عِبَـٰدِى

"Enter thou, then, among my Devotees!

وَٱدۡخُلِى جَنَّتِى  

 "Yea, enter thou my Heaven"!

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