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English - Chapter 89 - Al-Fajr

Translation by Ahmed Ali — Permalink

Verse 1 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:1

I CALL TO witness the dawn

Verse 2 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:2

Verse 3 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:3

The multiple and the one

Verse 4 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:4

The night as it advances

Verse 5 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:5

Is there not an evidence in this for those who have sense

Verse 6 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:6

Have you not seen what your Lord did to the 'Ad

Verse 7 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:7

Of Eram with lofty pillars (erected as signposts in the desert)

Verse 8 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:8

The like of whom were never created in the realm

Verse 9 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:9

And with Thamud who carved rocks in the valley

Verse 10 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:10

And the mighty Pharaoh

Verse 11 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:11

Who terrorised the region

Verse 12 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:12

And multiplied corruption

Verse 13 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:13

So your Lord poured a scourge of punishment over them

Verse 14 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:14

Your Lord is certainly in wait

Verse 15 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:15

As for man, whenever his Lord tries him and then is gracious and provides good things for him, he says: "My Lord has been gracious to me

Verse 16 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:16

But when He tries him by restraining his means, he says: "My Lord despises me

Verse 17 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:17

No. In fact you are not generous to the orphans

Verse 18 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:18

Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor

Verse 19 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:19

And you devour (others') inheritance greedily

Verse 20 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:20

And love wealth with all your heart

Verse 21 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:21

Surely when We pound the earth to powder grounded, pounded to dust

Verse 22 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:22

And comes your Lord, and angels row on row

Verse 23 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:23

And Hell is brought near, that day will man remember, but of what avail will then remembering be

Verse 24 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:24

He will say: "Alas the woe! Would that I had sent ahead something in my life

Verse 25 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:25

None can punish as He will punish on that day

Verse 26 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:26

And none can bind as He will bind

Verse 27 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:27

Verse 28 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:28

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

Verse 29 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:29

Enter then among My votaries

Verse 30 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:30

Enter then My garden