Al-Fajr 89:10

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89:1
وَٱلۡفَجۡرِ
wal-fajri
By the dawn
١

By the Daybreak

Translation 1260

89:2
وَلَيَالٍ
walayalin
And the nights
عَشۡرٖ
ashrin
ten
٢

by the Ten Nights

Translation 1260

89:3
وَٱلشَّفۡعِ
wal-shaf'i
And the even
وَٱلۡوَتۡرِ
wal-watri
and the odd
٣

by the even and the odd

Translation 1260

89:4
وَٱلَّيۡلِ
wa-al-layli
And the night
إِذَا
idha
when
يَسۡرِ
yasri
it passes
٤

by the passing night––

Translation 1260

89:5
هَلۡ
hal
Is
فِي
fi
in
ذَٰلِكَ
dhalika
that
قَسَمٞ
qasamun
(not) an oath
لِّذِي
lidhi
for those
حِجۡرٍ
hij'rin
who understand
٥

is this oath strong enough for a rational person

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89:6
أَلَمۡ
alam
Did not
تَرَ
tara
you see
كَيۡفَ
kayfa
how
فَعَلَ
fa'ala
dealt
رَبُّكَ
rabbuka
your Lord
بِعَادٍ
bi'adin
with Aad
٦

Have you [Prophet] considered how your Lord dealt with [the people] of 'Ad

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89:7
إِرَمَ
irama
Iram
ذَاتِ
dhati
possessors (of)
ٱلۡعِمَادِ
al-'imadi
lofty pillars
٧

of Iram, [the city] of lofty pillars

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89:8
ٱلَّتِي
allati
Which
لَمۡ
lam
not
يُخۡلَقۡ
yukh'laq
had been created
مِثۡلُهَا
mith'luha
like them
فِي
fi
in
ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ
al-biladi
the cities
٨

whose like has never been made in any land

Translation 1260

89:9
وَثَمُودَ
wathamuda
And Thamud
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhina
who
جَابُواْ
jabu
carved out
ٱلصَّخۡرَ
al-sakhra
the rocks
بِٱلۡوَادِ
bil-wadi
in the valley
٩

and the Thamud, who hewed into the rocks in the valley

Translation 1260

89:10
وَفِرۡعَوۡنَ
wafir'awna
And Firaun
ذِي
dhi
owner of
ٱلۡأَوۡتَادِ
al-awtadi
stakes
١٠

and the mighty and powerful Pharaoh

Translation 1260

89:11
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhina
Who
طَغَوۡاْ
taghaw
transgressed
فِي
fi
in
ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ
al-biladi
the lands
١١

All of them committed excesses in their lands

Translation 1260

89:12
فَأَكۡثَرُواْ
fa-aktharu
And (made) much
فِيهَا
fiha
therein
ٱلۡفَسَادَ
al-fasada
corruption
١٢

and spread corruption there

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89:13
فَصَبَّ
fasabba
So poured
عَلَيۡهِمۡ
alayhim
on them
رَبُّكَ
rabbuka
your Lord
سَوۡطَ
sawta
scourge
عَذَابٍ
adhabin
(of) punishment
١٣

your Lord let a scourge of punishment loose on them

Translation 1260

89:14
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
رَبَّكَ
rabbaka
your Lord
لَبِٱلۡمِرۡصَادِ
labil-mir'sadi
(is) surely Ever Watchful
١٤

Your Lord is always watchful

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89:15
فَأَمَّا
fa-amma
And as for
ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ
al-insanu
man
إِذَا
idha
when
مَا
ma
does
ٱبۡتَلَىٰهُ
ib'talahu
try him
رَبُّهُۥ
rabbuhu
his Lord
فَأَكۡرَمَهُۥ
fa-akramahu
and is generous to him
وَنَعَّمَهُۥ
wana'amahu
and favors him
فَيَقُولُ
fayaqulu
he says
رَبِّيٓ
rabbi
My Lord
أَكۡرَمَنِ
akramani
has honored me
١٥

[The nature of] man is that, when his Lord tries him through honour and blessings, he says, ‘My Lord has honoured me,’

Translation 1260

89:16
وَأَمَّآ
wa-amma
But
إِذَا
idha
when
مَا
ma
does
ٱبۡتَلَىٰهُ
ib'talahu
He try him
فَقَدَرَ
faqadara
and restricts
عَلَيۡهِ
alayhi
for him
رِزۡقَهُۥ
riz'qahu
his provision
فَيَقُولُ
fayaqulu
then he says
رَبِّيٓ
rabbi
My Lord
أَهَٰنَنِ
ahanani
(has) humiliated me
١٦

but when He tries him through the restriction of his provision, he says, ‘My Lord has humiliated me.’

Translation 1260

89:17
كـَلَّاۖ
kalla
Nay
بَل
bal
But
لَّا
la
not
تُكۡرِمُونَ
tuk'rimuna
you honor
ٱلۡيَتِيمَ
al-yatima
the orphan
١٧

No indeed! You [people] do not honour orphans

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89:18
وَلَا
wala
And not
تَحَٰٓضُّونَ
tahadduna
you feel the urge
عَلَىٰ
ala
to
طَعَامِ
ta'ami
feed
ٱلۡمِسۡكِينِ
al-mis'kini
the poor
١٨

you do not urge one another to feed the poor

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89:19
وَتَأۡكُلُونَ
watakuluna
And you consume
ٱلتُّرَاثَ
al-turatha
the inheritance
أَكۡلٗا
aklan
devouring
لَّمّٗا
lamman
altogether
١٩

you consume inheritance greedily

Translation 1260

89:20
وَتُحِبُّونَ
watuhibbuna
And you love
ٱلۡمَالَ
al-mala
wealth
حُبّٗا
hubban
(with) love
جَمّٗا
jamman
immense
٢٠

and you love wealth with a passion

Translation 1260

89:21
كـَلَّآۖ
kalla
Nay
إِذَا
idha
When
دُكَّتِ
dukkati
is leveled
ٱلۡأَرۡضُ
al-ardu
the earth
دَكّٗا
dakkan
pounded
دَكّٗا
dakkan
(and) crushed
٢١

No indeed! When the earth is pounded to dust, pounded and pounded

Translation 1260

89:22
وَجَآءَ
wajaa
And comes
رَبُّكَ
rabbuka
your Lord
وَٱلۡمَلَكُ
wal-malaku
and the Angels
صَفّٗا
saffan
rank
صَفّٗا
saffan
(upon) rank
٢٢

when your Lord comes with the angels, rank upon rank

Translation 1260

89:23
وَجِاْيٓءَ
wajia
And is brought
يَوۡمَئِذِۭ
yawma-idhin
that Day
بِجَهَنَّمَۚ
bijahannama
Hell
يَوۡمَئِذٖ
yawma-idhin
That Day
يَتَذَكَّرُ
yatadhakkaru
will remember
ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ
al-insanu
man
وَأَنَّىٰ
wa-anna
but how
لَهُ
lahu
(will be) for him
ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ
al-dhik'ra
the remembrance
٢٣

when Hell is that Day brought near- on that Day man will take heed, but what good will that be to him then

Translation 1260

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89:24
يَقُولُ
yaqulu
He will say
يَٰلَيۡتَنِي
yalaytani
O I wish
قَدَّمۡتُ
qaddamtu
I had sent forth
لِحَيَاتِي
lihayati
for my life
٢٤

He will say, ‘Would that I had provided for this life to come!’

Translation 1260

89:25
فَيَوۡمَئِذٖ
fayawma-idhin
So that Day
لَّا
la
not
يُعَذِّبُ
yu'adhibu
will punish
عَذَابَهُۥٓ
adhabahu
(as) His punishment
أَحَدٞ
ahadun
anyone
٢٥

On that Day, no one will punish as He punishes

Translation 1260