Al-Fajr
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
By the dawn; (1) By the ten nights (i.e. the first ten days of
the month of Dhul-Hîjjah) [], (2) And by the even and the odd (of all the
creations of Allâh)[] (3) And by the night when
it departs (4) There is indeed in them (the above oaths) sufficient proofs for
men of understanding (and that, they should avoid all kinds of sins and
disbeliefs)! (5) Saw you (O Muhammad (SAW)) not how your Lord dealt with 'Ad
(people) (6) Of Iram (Who were very tall) like (lofty) pillars, (7) The
like of which were not created in the land? (8) And (with) Thamûd
(people), who hewed out rocks in the valley (to make dwellings)?[] (9) And (with) Fir'aun (Pharaoh), who had the stakes (to
torture men by binding them to stakes)? (10) Who did transgress beyond bounds in
the lands (in the disobedience of Allâh). (11) And made therein much
mischief. (12) So your Lord poured on them different kinds of severe torment. (13) Verily, your Lord is Ever Watchful (over them). (14) As for man, when his
Lord tries him by giving him honour and bounties, then he says (in): "My
Lord has honoured me." (15) But when He tries him, by straitening his
means of life, he says: "My Lord has humiliated me!" (16) Nay! But you treat
not the orphans with kindness and generosity (i.e. you neither treat them well,
nor give them their exact right of inheritance)! (17) And urge not one
another on the feeding of AlMiskîn (the poor)! (18) And you devour
inheritance all with greed, (19) And you love wealth
with much love! (20) Nay! When the earth is ground to powder, (21) And
your Lord comes with the angels in rows, (22) And Hell will be brought near that
Day. On that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance (then) avail
him? (23) He will say: "Alas! Would that I had sent
forth (good deeds) for (this) my life!" (24) So
on that Day, none will punish as He will punish (25) And none will bind
(the wicked, disbelivers and polytheists) as He will bind. (26) (It will be said to
the pious — believers of Islamic Monothesim): "O (you) the one in
(complete) rest and satisfaction! (27) "Come back to your Lord, Well-pleased
(yourself) and well-pleasing (unto Him)! (28) "Enter you, then, among My (honoured) slaves, (29) "And enter you My