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English - Chapter 89 - Al-Fajr

Translation by Wahiduddin Khan — Permalink

Verse 1 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:1

Verse 2 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:2

Verse 3 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:3

by the even and the odd

Verse 4 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:4

and by the passing night

Verse 5 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:5

is there not in this strong evidence for a man of sense

Verse 6 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:6

Have you not heard of how your Lord dealt with the tribe of 'Ad

Verse 7 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:7

the people of Iram, the city of many pillars

Verse 8 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:8

the like of which has never been created in the land

Verse 9 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:9

and with the Thamud, who cut out [huge] rocks in the valley

Verse 10 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:10

and with Pharaoh of the stakes

Verse 11 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:11

All of them committed excesses in their lands

Verse 12 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:12

and caused much corruption in them

Verse 13 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:13

so your Lord unleashed on them the scourge of punishment

Verse 14 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:14

for, indeed, your Sustainer is ever on the watch

Verse 15 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:15

As for man, when his Lord tests him, through honour and blessings, he says, "My Lord has honoured me

Verse 16 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:16

but when He tests him by straitening his means of livelihood, he says, "My Lord has disgraced me

Verse 17 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:17

No indeed, but you show no kindness to the orphan

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 greedily devour the inheritance of the weak

Verse 20 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:20

and you have a love of wealth which can never be satisfied

Verse 21 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:21

No indeed! When the earth is crushed and ground to dust

Verse 22 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:22

when your Lord comes down with the angels, rank upon rank

Verse 23 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:23

and Hell is made to appear on that Day, then man will be mindful, but what will being mindful then avail him

Verse 24 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:24

He will say, "Oh, would that I had provided beforehand for my life

Verse 25 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:25

On that Day no one will punish as He punishes

Verse 26 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:26

and none can bind with bonds like His

Verse 27 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:27

[But to the righteous, God will say], "O soul at peace

Verse 28 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:28

return to your Lord, well-pleased, well-pleasing

Verse 29 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:29

Verse 30 — Surah Al-Fajr 89:30