Surah Al-Fajr

 

Surah Al-Fajr

 

In The Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

 

By the dawn; (Quran Surah Al-Fajr 89:1)

 

By the ten nights (i.e. the first ten days of the month of Dhul-Hijjah). (Quran Surah Al-Fajr 89:2)

 

And by the even and the odd (of all the creations of Allah). (Quran Surah Al-Fajr 89:3)

 

And by the night when it departs. (Quran Surah Al-Fajr 89:4)

 

There is indeed in them (the above oaths) sufficient proofs for men of understanding (and that, they should avoid all kinds of sins and disbeliefs, etc.)! (Quran Surah Al-Fajr 89:5)

 

Did you (O Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) not see (thought) how your Lord dealt with 'Ad (people)? (Quran 89:6)

 

Who were very tall like lofty pillars, (Quran 89:7)

 

The like of which were not created in the land? (Quran 89:8)

 

And (with) Thamud (people), who cut (hewed) out rocks in the valley (to make dwellings)? (Quran 89:9)

 

And (with) Fir'aun (Pharaoh), who had pegs (who used to torture men by binding them to pegs)? (Quran 89:10)

 

Who did transgress beyond bounds in the lands (in the disobedience of Allah). (Quran 89:11)

 

And made therein much mischief. (Quran 89:12)

 

So your Lord poured on them different kinds of severe torment. (Quran 89:13)

 

Verily, your Lord is Ever Watchful (over them). (Quran 89:14)

 

As for man, when his Lord tries him by giving him honour and gifts, then he says (puffed up): "My Lord has honoured me." (Quran 89:15)

 

But when He tries him, by straitening his means of life, he says: "My Lord has humiliated me!" (Quran 89:16)

 

Nay! But you treat not the orphans with kindness and generosity (i.e. you neither treat them well, nor give them their exact right of inheritance)! (Quran 89:17)

 

And urge not on the feeding of AlMiskin (the poor)! (Quran 89:18)

 

And you devour inheritance all with greed, (Quran 89:19)

 

And you love wealth with much love! (Quran 89:20)

 

Nay! When the earth is ground to powder, (Quran 89:21)

 

And your Lord comes with the angels in rows, (Quran 89:22)

 

And Hell will be brought near that Day. On that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance (then) avail him? (Quran 89:23)

 

He will say: "Alas! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my life!" (Quran 89:24)

 

So on that Day, none will punish as He will punish. (Quran 89:25)

 

And none will bind as He will bind. (Quran 89:26)

 

(It will be said to the pious): "O (you) the one in (complete) rest and satisfaction! (Quran 89:27)

 

"Come back to your Lord, Well-pleased (yourself) and well-pleasing unto Him! (Quran 89:28)

 

"Enter you, then, among My honoured slaves, (Quran 89:29)

 

"And enter you My Paradise!" (Quran 89:30)