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English - Chapter 89 - Al-Fajr

Translation by Mohammad Shafi — Permalink

Verse 1 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:1

Verse 2 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:2

Verse 3 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:3

And the even and the odd

Verse 4 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:4

And by the night as it passes

Verse 5 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:5

Is there in this an oath for one with understanding

Verse 6 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:6

Have you not seen how your Lord dealt with AAad

Verse 7 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:7

[The anscient people] of Iram, [city of] lofty-pillared buildings

Verse 8 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:8

Like which no city had ever been created on the lands

Verse 9 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:9

And [another ancient people of] Thamood who hewed the rocks in the valley [to carve out buildings therefrom]

Verse 10 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:10

And Pharaoh of the many tent pegs (i.e. with means and power)

Verse 11 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:11

Who committed transgression in the lands

Verse 12 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:12

They often spread anarchy in them

Verse 13 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:13

Then their Lord lashed them with whip of punishment

Verse 14 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:14

Indeed, your Lord is ever watchful

Verse 15 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:15

Then as his Lord tests him by bestowing honour and bounties upon him, man says, "My Lord has honoured me

Verse 16 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:16

And as He tests him by restricting his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated me

Verse 17 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:17

No! On the contrary, you do not treat the orphan honourably

Verse 18 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:18

And urge not one another to feed the poor

Verse 19 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:19

And devour the inheritance — devouring it all

Verse 20 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:20

And love the worldly wealth — loving it immensely

Verse 21 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:21

[And] no, [the Lord does not restrict His provisions to man to humiliate him]! When the earth is pounded to make it level

Verse 22 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:22

And when your Lord reveals Himself with rows upon rows of angels

Verse 23 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:23

And Hell brought near, that Day will man remember [what the Qur'aan had told him]! Of what avail will that remembering be to him

Verse 24 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:24

Man will say, "Would that I had sent ahead for this life of mine

Verse 25 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:25

Then, on that Day, Allah will punish him as none other can

Verse 26 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:26

And bind him as none other can

Verse 27 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:27

O you contented soul

Verse 28 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:28

Return to your Lord pleased [with yourself], pleasing (to your Lord)

Verse 29 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:29

Enter then to be among My devotees

Verse 30 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:30