AL-FAJR (THE DAWN, DAYBREAK)
Total Verses: 30
Revealed At: MAKKA
In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.
089.001 Y: By the break of Day
P: By the Dawn
S: I swear by the daybreak,
089.002 Y: By the Nights twice five;
P: And ten nights,
S: And the ten nights,
089.003 Y: By the even and odd (contrasted);
P: And the Even and the Odd,
S: And the even and the odd,
089.004 Y: And by the Night when it passeth away;-
P: And the night when it departeth,
S: And the night when it departs.
089.005 Y: Is there (not) in these an adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand?
P: There surely is an oath for thinking man.
S: Truly in that there is an oath for those who possess understanding.
089.006 Y: Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad (people),-
P: Dost thou not consider how thy Lord dealt with (the tribe of) A'ad,
S: Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with Ad,
089.007 Y: Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,
P: With many-columned Iram,
S: (The people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings,
089.008 Y: The like of which were not produced in (all) the land?
P: The like of which was not created in the lands;
S: The like of which were not created in the (other) cities;
089.009 Y: And with the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley?-
P: And with (the tribe of) Thamud, who clove the rocks in the valley;
S: And (with) Samood, who hewed out the rocks in the valley,
089.010 Y: And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?
P: And with Pharaoh, firm of might,
S: And (with) Firon, the lord of hosts,
089.011 Y: (All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,
P: Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands,
S: Who committed inordinacy in the cities,
089.012 Y: And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).
P: And multiplied iniquity therein?
S: So they made great mischief therein?
089.013 Y: Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements:
P: Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment.
S: Therefore your Lord let down upon them a portion of the chastisement.
089.014 Y: For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch-tower.
P: Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful.
S: Most surely your Lord is watching.
089.015 Y: Now, as for man, when his Lord trieth him, giving him honour and gifts, then saith he, (puffed up), "My Lord hath honoured me."
P: As for man, whenever his Lord trieth him by honouring him, and is gracious unto him, he saith: My Lord honoureth me.
S: And as for man, when his Lord tries him, then treats him with honor and makes him lead an easy life, he says: My Lord honors me.
089.016 Y: But when He trieth him, restricting his subsistence for him, then saith he (in despair), "My Lord hath humiliated me!"
P: But whenever He trieth him by straitening his means of life, he saith: My Lord despiseth me.
S: But when He tries him (differently), then straitens to him his means of subsistence, he says: My Lord has disgraced me.
089.017 Y: Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!
P: Nay, but ye (for your part) honour not the orphan
S: Nay! but you do not honor the orphan,
089.018 Y: Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor!-
P: And urge not on the feeding of the poor.
S: Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor,
089.019 Y: And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,
P: And ye devour heritages with devouring greed.
S: And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything) indiscriminately,
089.020 Y: And ye love wealth with inordinate love!
P: And love wealth with abounding love.
S: And you love wealth with exceeding love.
089.021 Y: Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,
P: Nay, but when the earth is ground to atoms, grinding, grinding,
S: Nay! when the earth is made to crumble to pieces,
089.022 Y: And thy Lord cometh, and His angels, rank upon rank,
P: And thy Lord shall come with angels, rank on rank,
S: And your Lord comes and (also) the angels in ranks,
089.023 Y: And Hell, that Day, is brought (face to face),- on that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance profit him?
P: And hell is brought near that day; on that day man will remember, but how will the remembrance (then avail him)?
S: And hell is made to appear on that day. On that day shall man be mindful, and what shall being mindful (then) avail him?
089.024 Y: He will say: "Ah! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my (Future) Life!"
P: He will say: Ah, would that I had sent before me (some provision) for my life!
S: He shall say: O! would that I had sent before for (this) my life!
089.025 Y: For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict,
P: None punisheth as He will punish on that day!
S: But on that day shall no one chastise with (anything like) His chastisement,
089.026 Y: And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.
P: None bindeth as He then will bind.
S: And no one shall bind with (anything like) His binding.
089.027 Y: (To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction!"
P: But ah! thou soul at peace!
S: O soul that art at rest!
089.028 Y: "Come back thou to thy Lord,- well pleased (thyself), and well-pleasing unto Him!"
P: Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure!
S: Return to your Lord, well-pleased (with him), well-pleasing (Him),
089.029 Y: "Enter thou, then, among My devotees!"
P: Enter thou among My bondmen!
S: So enter among My servants,
089.030 Y: "Yea, enter thou My Heaven!"
P: Enter thou My Garden!
S: And enter into My garden.