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| وَالْفَجْرِ {١} |
1. By the dawn, |
| وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ {٢} |
2. by the Ten (secret) Nights, |
| وَالشَّفْعِ وَالْوَتْرِ {٣} |
3. by the odd and even (8th and 9th Dhil-hajj) |
| وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ {٤} |
4. and by the night when it moves on towards daybreak (reward and retribution in the next life is an absolute reality). |
| هَلْ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِذِي حِجْرٍ {٥} |
5. Is this not a sufficient oath for intelligent people? |
| أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ {٦} |
6. (Muhammad), consider how your Lord dealt with the tribe of Ad, |
| إِرَمَ ذَاتِ الْعِمَادِ {٧} |
7. the people of the huge columned city of Eram |
| الَّتِي لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِي الْبِلَادِ {٨} |
8. whose like has never been created in any other land. |
| وَثَمُودَ الَّذِينَ جَابُوا الصَّخْرَ بِالْوَادِ {٩} |
9. (Also consider how He dealt with) the Thamud, who carved their houses out of the rocks in the valley. |
| وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِي الْأَوْتَادِ {١٠} |
10. (Also consider the people of) the Pharaoh who victimized people by placing them on the stake, |
| الَّذِينَ طَغَوْا فِي الْبِلَادِ {١١} |
11. led rebellious lives, |
| فَأَكْثَرُوا فِيهَا الْفَسَادَ {١٢} |
12. and spread much corruption in the land. |
| فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ {١٣} |
13. Thus, your Lord afflicted them with torment; |
| إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِالْمِرْصَادِ {١٤} |
14. your Lord keeps an eye on (all evil-doing people). |
| فَأَمَّا الْإِنْسَانُ إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ رَبُّهُ فَأَكْرَمَهُ وَنَعَّمَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَكْرَمَنِ {١٥} |
15. As for the human being, when his Lord tests him, honors him, and grants him bounty, he says, "God has honored me". |
| وَأَمَّا إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَهَانَنِ {١٦} |
16. However, when his Lord tests him by a measured amount of sustenance , he says, "God has disgraced me". |
| كَلَّا ۖ بَلْ لَا تُكْرِمُونَ الْيَتِيمَ {١٧} |
17. (Since wealth does not necessarily guarantee everlasting happiness) then why do you not show kindness to the orphans, |
| وَلَا تَحَاضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ {١٨} |
18. or urge one another to feed the destitute? |
| وَتَأْكُلُونَ التُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَمًّا {١٩} |
19. Why do you take away the inheritance of others indiscriminately |
| وَتُحِبُّونَ الْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا {٢٠} |
20. and why do you have an excessive love of riches? |
| كَلَّا إِذَا دُكَّتِ الْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا {٢١} |
21. When the earth is crushed into small pieces |
| وَجَاءَ رَبُّكَ وَالْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا {٢٢} |
22. and (when you find yourself) in the presence of your Lord and the rows and rows of angels, your greed for riches will certainly be of no avail to you. |
| وَجِيءَ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنْسَانُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ الذِّكْرَىٰ {٢٣} |
23. On that day, hell will be brought closer and the human being will come to his senses, but this will be of no avail to him. |
| يَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِي {٢٤} |
24. He will say, "Would that I had done some good deeds for this life". |
| فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُ أَحَدٌ {٢٥} |
25. On that day the punishment of God and His detention will be unparalleled. |
| وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُ أَحَدٌ {٢٦} |
26. And His bonds will be such as none other can bind. |
| يَا أَيَّتُهَا النَّفْسُ الْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ {٢٧} |
27. Serene soul, |
| ارْجِعِي إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَرْضِيَّةً {٢٨} |
28. return to your Lord well pleased with him and He will be pleased with you. |
| فَادْخُلِي فِي عِبَادِي {٢٩} |
29. Enter among My servants |
| وَادْخُلِي جَنَّتِي {٣٠} |
30. into My Paradise. |
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