Surah Al-Fajr (89): Read Online and Download - English Translation
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Information About Surah Al-Fajr
- Type of Surah Al-Fajr: Meccan
- Number of verses in Surah Al-Fajr: 30
- Order of Surah Al-Fajr in Quran: 89
- Order of revelation: 10
- Surah name in English: The Dawn
- Page numbers in Quran: from page 593 to 594
- Translation: Saheeh International
- Tafsir: Arberry
Surah Al-Fajr
سُورَةُ الفَجۡرِ
Page 593 (Verses from 1 to 23)
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English Translation
And [by] ten nightsEnglish Transliteration
Walayalin AAashrin
and ten nights,
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And [by] the even [number] and the oddEnglish Transliteration
WaalshshafAAi waalwatri
by the even and the odd,
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And [by] the night when it passes,English Transliteration
Waallayli itha yasri
by the night when it journeys on!
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Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?English Transliteration
Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin
Is there in that an oath for a mindful man?
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Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with \'Aad -English Transliteration
Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin
Hast thou not seen how thy Lord did with Ad,
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[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,English Transliteration
Irama thati alAAimadi
Iram of the pillars,
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The likes of whom had never been created in the land?English Transliteration
Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi
the like of which was never created in the land,
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And [with] Thamud, who carved out the rocks in the valley?English Transliteration
Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi
and Thamood, who hollowed the rocks in the valley,
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And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? -English Transliteration
WafirAAawna thee alawtadi
and Pharaoh, he of the tent-pegs,
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[All of] whom oppressed within the landsEnglish Transliteration
Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi
who all were insolent in the land
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And increased therein the corruption.English Transliteration
Faaktharoo feeha alfasada
and worked much corruption therein?
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So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.English Transliteration
Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin
Thy Lord unloosed on them a scourge of chastisement;
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Indeed, your Lord is in observation.English Transliteration
Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi
surely thy Lord is ever on the watch.
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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."English Transliteration
Faamma alinsanu itha ma ibtalahu rabbuhu faakramahu wanaAAAAamahu fayaqoolu rabbee akramani
As for man, whenever his Lord tries him, and honours him, and blesses him, then he says, 'My Lord has honoured me.'
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But when He tries him and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated me."English Transliteration
Waamma itha ma ibtalahu faqadara AAalayhi rizqahu fayaqoolu rabbee ahanani
But when he tries him and stints for him his provision, then he says, 'My Lord has despised me.'
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No! But you do not honor the orphanEnglish Transliteration
Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema
No indeed; but you honour not the orphan,
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And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.English Transliteration
Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni
and you urge not the feeding of the needy,
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And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,English Transliteration
Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman
and you devour the inheritance greedily,
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And you love wealth with immense love.English Transliteration
Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman
and you love wealth with an ardent love
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No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed -English Transliteration
Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan
No indeed! When the earth is ground to powder,
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And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon rank,English Transliteration
Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan
and thy Lord comes, and the angels rank on rank,
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And brought [within view], that Day, is Hell - that Day, man will remember, but what good to him will be the remembrance?English Transliteration
Wajeea yawmaithin bijahannama yawmaithin yatathakkaru alinsanu waanna lahu alththikra
and Gehenna is brought out, upon that day man will remember; and how shall the Reminder be for him?
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