Surah Al-Fajr (The Dawn)

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Surah Al-Fajr (The Dawn) - Aya count 30

وَٱلۡفَجۡرِ ﴿١﴾

By the dawn


Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

وَلَیَالٍ عَشۡرࣲ ﴿٢﴾

And [by] ten nights


Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

وَٱلشَّفۡعِ وَٱلۡوَتۡرِ ﴿٣﴾

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


Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

وَٱلَّیۡلِ إِذَا یَسۡرِ ﴿٤﴾

And [by] the night when it passes,


Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

هَلۡ فِی ذَ ٰ⁠لِكَ قَسَمࣱ لِّذِی حِجۡرٍ ﴿٥﴾

Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?


Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَیۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ ﴿٦﴾

Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad -


Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلۡعِمَادِ ﴿٧﴾

[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,


Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

ٱلَّتِی لَمۡ یُخۡلَقۡ مِثۡلُهَا فِی ٱلۡبِلَـٰدِ ﴿٨﴾

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


Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِینَ جَابُواْ ٱلصَّخۡرَ بِٱلۡوَادِ ﴿٩﴾

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


Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

وَفِرۡعَوۡنَ ذِی ٱلۡأَوۡتَادِ ﴿١٠﴾

And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? -


Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

ٱلَّذِینَ طَغَوۡاْ فِی ٱلۡبِلَـٰدِ ﴿١١﴾

[All of] whom oppressed within the lands


Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

فَأَكۡثَرُواْ فِیهَا ٱلۡفَسَادَ ﴿١٢﴾

And increased therein the corruption.


Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

فَصَبَّ عَلَیۡهِمۡ رَبُّكَ سَوۡطَ عَذَابٍ ﴿١٣﴾

So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.


Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلۡمِرۡصَادِ ﴿١٤﴾

Indeed, your Lord is in observation.


Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

فَأَمَّا ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبۡتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكۡرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَیَقُولُ رَبِّیۤ أَكۡرَمَنِ ﴿١٥﴾

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."


Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

وَأَمَّاۤ إِذَا مَا ٱبۡتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَیۡهِ رِزۡقَهُۥ فَیَقُولُ رَبِّیۤ أَهَـٰنَنِ ﴿١٦﴾

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


Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

كَلَّاۖ بَل لَّا تُكۡرِمُونَ ٱلۡیَتِیمَ ﴿١٧﴾

No! But you do not honor the orphan


Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

وَلَا تَحَـٰۤضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِینِ ﴿١٨﴾

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


Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

وَتَأۡكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكۡلࣰا لَّمࣰّا ﴿١٩﴾

And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,


Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡمَالَ حُبࣰّا جَمࣰّا ﴿٢٠﴾

And you love wealth with immense love.


Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

كَلَّاۤۖ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ دَكࣰّا دَكࣰّا ﴿٢١﴾

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


Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

وَجَاۤءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلۡمَلَكُ صَفࣰّا صَفࣰّا ﴿٢٢﴾

And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon rank,


Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

وَجِاْیۤءَ یَوۡمَىِٕذِۭ بِجَهَنَّمَۚ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ یَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ ﴿٢٣﴾

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


Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

یَقُولُ یَـٰلَیۡتَنِی قَدَّمۡتُ لِحَیَاتِی ﴿٢٤﴾

He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."


Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

فَیَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لَّا یُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥۤ أَحَدࣱ ﴿٢٥﴾

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


Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

وَلَا یُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥۤ أَحَدࣱ ﴿٢٦﴾

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


Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

یَـٰۤأَیَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفۡسُ ٱلۡمُطۡمَىِٕنَّةُ ﴿٢٧﴾

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


Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

ٱرۡجِعِیۤ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِیَةࣰ مَّرۡضِیَّةࣰ ﴿٢٨﴾

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


Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

فَٱدۡخُلِی فِی عِبَـٰدِی ﴿٢٩﴾

And enter among My [righteous] servants


Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

وَٱدۡخُلِی جَنَّتِی ﴿٣٠﴾

And enter My Paradise."


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