Al-Fajr

Basmala, before verse 1: بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. Verse 1:

   وَٱلْفَجْرِ1

   By the dawn

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2. Verse 2:

   وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ2

   And [by] ten nights^{note 1913}

   Notes, Verse 2

   [1913] Usually interpreted as the first ten nights of the month of Dhul-Ḥijjah.

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3. Verse 3:

   وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ3

   And [by] the even [number] and the odd

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4. Verse 4:

   وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ4

   And [by] the night when it passes,

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5. Verse 5:

   هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ5

   Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?^{note 1914}

   Notes, Verse 5

   [1914] Based upon the following verses, what has been sworn to by Allāh is that He will certainly punish the disbelievers.

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6. Verse 6:

   أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ6

   Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with ʿAad -

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7. Verse 7:

   إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ7

   [With] Iram^{note 1915} - who had lofty pillars,^{note 1916}

   Notes, Verse 7

   [1915] Another name for the first people of ʿAad, to whom Prophet Hūd was sent.

   [1916] Supporting their tents or buildings.

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8. Verse 8:

   ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ8

   The likes of whom had never been created in the land?

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9. Verse 9:

   وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ9

   And [with] Thamūd, who carved out the rocks in the valley?

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10. Verse 10:

    وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ10

    And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes?^{note 1917}

    Notes, Verse 10

    [1917] By which he tortured people.

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11. Verse 11:

    ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ11

    [All of] whom oppressed within the lands

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12. Verse 12:

    فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ12

    And increased therein the corruption.

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13. Verse 13:

    فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ13

    So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.

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14. Verse 14:

    إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ14

    Indeed, your Lord is in observation.

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15. Verse 15:

    فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ15

    And as for man, when his Lord tries him and [thus] is generous to him and favors him, he says, "My Lord has honored me."^{note 1918}

    Notes, Verse 15

    [1918] He is proud rather than grateful, attributing the favor to his own merit.

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16. Verse 16:

    وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَـٰنَنِ16

    But when He tries him and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated me."

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17. Verse 17:

    كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ17

    No!^{note 1919} But you do not honor the orphan

    Notes, Verse 17

    [1919] It is not like you imagine. Rather, Allāh tries people through prosperity and hardship and rewards both gratitude and patience with honor in the Hereafter.

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18. Verse 18:

    وَلَا تَحَـٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ18

    And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.

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19. Verse 19:

    وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا19

    And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,^{note 1920}

    Notes, Verse 19

    [1920] Not caring whether it is lawful or unlawful.

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20. Verse 20:

    وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا20

    And you love wealth with immense love.

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21. Verse 21:

    كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا21

    No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed

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22. Verse 22:

    وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا22

    And your Lord has come^{note 1921} and the angels, rank upon rank,

    Notes, Verse 22

    [1921] To pass judgement. See footnote to 2:19.

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23. Verse 23:

    وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ23

    And brought [within view], that Day, is Hell - that Day, man will remember, but how [i.e., what good] to him will be the remembrance?

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    Verse 24:

    يَقُولُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى24

    He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."^{note 1922}

    Notes, Verse 24

    [1922] The everlasting life of the Hereafter.

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25. Verse 25:

    فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ25

    So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment,

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26. Verse 26:

    وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ26

    And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers].

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27. Verse 27:

    يَـٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ27

    [To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,

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28. Verse 28:

    ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً28

    Return to your Lord, well-pleased and pleasing [to Him],

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29. Verse 29:

    فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَـٰدِى29

    And enter among My [righteous] servants

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30. Verse 30:

    وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى30

    And enter My Paradise."

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