بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلْفَجْرِ ﴿1﴾
Ahmed Ali
I CALL TO witness the dawn
Ahmed Raza Khan
By oath of the (particular) dawn.
Arberry
By the dawn
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وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍۢ ﴿2﴾
Ahmed Ali
And the Ten Nights,
Ahmed Raza Khan
And by oath of ten nights.
Arberry
and ten nights,
وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ ﴿3﴾
Ahmed Ali
The multiple and the one,
Ahmed Raza Khan
And by oath of the even and the odd.
Arberry
by the even and the odd,
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ ﴿4﴾
Ahmed Ali
The night as it advances,
Ahmed Raza Khan
And by oath of the night when it recedes
Arberry
by the night when it journeys on!
هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌۭ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ ﴿5﴾
Ahmed Ali
Is there not an evidence in this for those who have sense?
Ahmed Raza Khan
Why is there an oath in this, for the intelligent?
Arberry
Is there in that an oath for a mindful man?
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ ﴿6﴾
Ahmed Ali
Have you not seen what your Lord did to the 'Ad
Ahmed Raza Khan
Did you not see how did your Lord deal with (the tribe of) Aad?
Arberry
Hast thou not seen how thy Lord did with Ad,
إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ ﴿7﴾
Ahmed Ali
Of Eram with lofty pillars (erected as signposts in the desert),
Ahmed Raza Khan
(And) the tall giants of Iram?
Arberry
Iram of the pillars,
ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ ﴿8﴾
Ahmed Ali
The like of whom were never created in the realm;
Ahmed Raza Khan
Like whom no one else was born in the cities.
Arberry
the like of which was never created in the land,
وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ ﴿9﴾
Ahmed Ali
And with Thamud who carved rocks in the valley;
Ahmed Raza Khan
And the tribe of Thamud, who hewed rocks in the valley.
Arberry
and Thamood, who hollowed the rocks in the valley,
وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ ﴿10﴾
Ahmed Ali
And the mighty Pharaoh
Ahmed Raza Khan
And with Firaun, who used to crucify.
Arberry
and Pharaoh, he of the tent-pegs,
ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ ﴿11﴾
Ahmed Ali
Who terrorised the region,
Ahmed Raza Khan
Those who rebelled in the cities,
Arberry
who all were insolent in the land
فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ ﴿12﴾
Ahmed Ali
And multiplied corruption.
Ahmed Raza Khan
And who then spread a lot of turmoil in them.
Arberry
and worked much corruption therein?
فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ ﴿13﴾
Ahmed Ali
So your Lord poured a scourge of punishment over them.
Ahmed Raza Khan
Therefore your Lord struck them hard with the means of punishment.
Arberry
Thy Lord unloosed on them a scourge of chastisement;
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ ﴿14﴾
Ahmed Ali
Your Lord is certainly in wait.
Ahmed Raza Khan
Indeed nothing is hidden from the sight of your Lord.
Arberry
surely thy Lord is ever on the watch.
فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ ﴿15﴾
Ahmed Ali
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."
Ahmed Raza Khan
So man, whenever his Lord tests him by giving him honour and favours – thereupon he says, “My Lord has honoured me.”
Arberry
As for man, whenever his Lord tries him, and honours him, and blesses him, then he says, 'My Lord has honoured me.'
وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَٰنَنِ ﴿16﴾
Ahmed Ali
But when He tries him by restraining his means, he says: "My Lord despises me."
Ahmed Raza Khan
And if He tests him and restricts his livelihood – thereupon he says, “My Lord has degraded me!”
Arberry
But when he tries him and stints for him his provision, then he says, 'My Lord has despised me.'
كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ ﴿17﴾
Ahmed Ali
No. In fact you are not generous to the orphans,
Ahmed Raza Khan
Not at all – but rather you do not honour the orphan.
Arberry
No indeed; but you honour not the orphan,
وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ ﴿18﴾
Ahmed Ali
Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor,
Ahmed Raza Khan
And do not urge one another to feed the needy.
Arberry
and you urge not the feeding of the needy,
وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًۭا لَّمًّۭا ﴿19﴾
Ahmed Ali
And you devour (others') inheritance greedily,
Ahmed Raza Khan
And you readily devour the inheritance with greed.
Arberry
and you devour the inheritance greedily,
وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّۭا جَمًّۭا ﴿20﴾
Ahmed Ali
And love wealth with all your heart.
Ahmed Raza Khan
And you harbour intense love for wealth.
Arberry
and you love wealth with an ardent love
كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّۭا دَكًّۭا ﴿21﴾
Ahmed Ali
Surely when We pound the earth to powder grounded, pounded to dust,
Ahmed Raza Khan
Most certainly – when the earth is smashed and blown to bits.
Arberry
No indeed! When the earth is ground to powder,
وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّۭا صَفًّۭا ﴿22﴾
Ahmed Ali
And comes your Lord, and angels row on row,
Ahmed Raza Khan
And when the command of your Lord comes – and the angels row by row,
Arberry
and thy Lord comes, and the angels rank on rank,
وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ ﴿23﴾
Ahmed Ali
And Hell is brought near, that day will man remember, but of what avail will then remembering be?
Ahmed Raza Khan
And when hell is brought that day – on that day will man reflect, but where is the time now to think?
Arberry
and Gehenna is brought out, upon that day man will remember; and how shall the Reminder be for him?
يَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى ﴿24﴾
Ahmed Ali
He will say: "Alas the woe! Would that I had sent ahead something in my life."
Ahmed Raza Khan
He will say, “Alas – if only I had sent some good deeds ahead, during my lifetime!”
Arberry
He shall say, 'O would that I had forwarded for my life!'
فَيَوْمَئِذٍۢ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌۭ ﴿25﴾
Ahmed Ali
None can punish as He will punish on that day,
Ahmed Raza Khan
So on that day, no one punishes like He does!
Arberry
Upon that day none shall chastise as He chastises,
وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌۭ ﴿26﴾
Ahmed Ali
And none can bind as He will bind.
Ahmed Raza Khan
And no one binds like He does!
Arberry
none shall bind as He binds.
يَٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ ﴿27﴾
Ahmed Ali
O you tranquil soul,
Ahmed Raza Khan
O the contented soul!
Arberry
'O soul at peace,
ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةًۭ مَّرْضِيَّةًۭ ﴿28﴾
Ahmed Ali
Return to your Lord, well-pleased and well-pleasing Him.
Ahmed Raza Khan
Return towards your Lord – you being pleased with Him, and He pleased with you!
Arberry
return unto thy Lord, well-pleased, well-pleasing!
فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَٰدِى ﴿29﴾
Ahmed Ali
"Enter then among My votaries,
Ahmed Raza Khan
Then enter the ranks of My chosen bondmen!
Arberry
Enter thou among My servants!
وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى ﴿30﴾
Ahmed Ali
Enter then My garden."
Ahmed Raza Khan
And come into My Paradise!
Arberry
Enter thou My Paradise!'