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English - Chapter 89 - Al-Fajr

Translation by Hamid S Aziz — Permalink

Verse 1 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:1

I swear by (or call to witness) the dawn

Verse 2 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:2

And by the nights twice five (of pilgrimage)

Verse 3 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:3

And the even and the odd

Verse 4 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:4

And the night when it passes on

Verse 5 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:5

Is there not in these a lesson (evidence or admonition) for a man of understanding

Verse 6 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:6

Have you not seen how your Lord did with the people of A´ad

Verse 7 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:7

With the city of Iram of the lofty pillars

Verse 8 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:8

The like of which has not been created in all the land

Verse 9 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:9

And with the people of Thamud when they hewed the great stones in the valley

Verse 10 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:10

And with Pharaoh, Lord of the stakes

Verse 11 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:11

All these were outrageous in the land

Verse 12 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:12

And did multiply wickedness therein

Verse 13 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:13

Therefore, your Lord poured out upon them the scourge of diverse torments

Verse 14 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:14

Verily, your Lord is ever watchful

Verse 15 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:15

Now as for man, whenever his Lord tries him and honours him and grants him favour, then he says, "My Lord has honoured me

Verse 16 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:16

But whenever he tries him and restricts his subsistence, then he says, "My Lord despises me

Verse 17 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:17

Nay, nay! But you do not honour the orphan

Verse 18 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:18

Nor do you urge each other to feed the poor

Verse 19 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:19

And you devour the inheritance (of the weak) with greed

Verse 20 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:20

And you love wealth with an abounding love

Verse 21 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:21

Nay, when the earth is crushed to pieces

Verse 22 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:22

And your Lord comes with the angels, rank on rank

Verse 23 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:23

And Hell is brought near on that Day, on that Day shall man remember! But how shall the remembrance profit him

Verse 24 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:24

He will say, "Would that I had sent something forward for my life

Verse 25 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:25

But on that Day none shall punish as He punishes

Verse 26 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:26

And none shall be bound with bonds like his

Verse 27 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:27

But O, you soul in peace and fulfilment

Verse 28 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:28

Return unto your Lord, well pleased and well pleasing unto Him

Verse 29 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:29

Enter you amongst My servants

Verse 30 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:30

Enter you My Garden (Paradise)