Al-Fajr الفجر · Abdul Mohsen al-Qasim

وَٱلۡفَجۡرِ ۝١

By the dawn

وَلَيَالٍ عَشۡرٖ ۝٢

And [by] ten nights¹⁹¹³

وَٱلشَّفۡعِ وَٱلۡوَتۡرِ ۝٣

And [by] the even [number] and the odd

وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَسۡرِ ۝٤

And [by] the night when it passes,

هَلۡ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٞ لِّذِي حِجۡرٍ ۝٥

Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?¹⁹¹⁴

أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَيۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ ۝٦

Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with ʿAad -

إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلۡعِمَادِ ۝٧

[With] Iram¹⁹¹⁵ - who had lofty pillars,¹⁹¹⁶

ٱلَّتِي لَمۡ يُخۡلَقۡ مِثۡلُهَا فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ ۝٨

The likes of whom had never been created in the land?

وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُواْ ٱلصَّخۡرَ بِٱلۡوَادِ ۝٩

And [with] Thamūd, who carved out the rocks in the valley?

وَفِرۡعَوۡنَ ذِي ٱلۡأَوۡتَادِ ۝١٠

And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes?¹⁹¹⁷

ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ ۝١١

[All of] whom oppressed within the lands

فَأَكۡثَرُواْ فِيهَا ٱلۡفَسَادَ ۝١٢

And increased therein the corruption.

فَصَبَّ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّكَ سَوۡطَ عَذَابٍ ۝١٣

So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلۡمِرۡصَادِ ۝١٤

Indeed, your Lord is in observation.

فَأَمَّا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبۡتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكۡرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّيٓ أَكۡرَمَنِ ۝١٥

And as for man, when his Lord tries him and [thus] is generous to him and favors him, he says, "My Lord has honored me."¹⁹¹⁸

وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبۡتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيۡهِ رِزۡقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّيٓ أَهَٰنَنِ ۝١٦

But when He tries him and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated me."

كـَلَّاۖ بَل لَّا تُكۡرِمُونَ ٱلۡيَتِيمَ ۝١٧

No!¹⁹¹⁹ But you do not honor the orphan

وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينِ ۝١٨

And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.

وَتَأۡكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكۡلٗا لَّمّٗا ۝١٩

And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,¹⁹²⁰

وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡمَالَ حُبّٗا جَمّٗا ۝٢٠

And you love wealth with immense love.

كـَلَّآۖ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ دَكّٗا دَكّٗا ۝٢١

No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed

وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلۡمَلَكُ صَفّٗا صَفّٗا ۝٢٢

And your Lord has come¹⁹²¹ and the angels, rank upon rank,

وَجِاْيٓءَ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بِجَهَنَّمَۚ يَوۡمَئِذٖ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ ۝٢٣

And brought [within view], that Day, is Hell - that Day, man will remember, but how [i.e., what good] to him will be the remembrance?

يَقُولُ يَٰلَيۡتَنِي قَدَّمۡتُ لِحَيَاتِي ۝٢٤

He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."¹⁹²²

فَيَوۡمَئِذٖ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٞ ۝٢٥

So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment,

وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٞ ۝٢٦

And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers].

يَٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفۡسُ ٱلۡمُطۡمَئِنَّةُ ۝٢٧

[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,

ٱرۡجِعِيٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةٗ مَّرۡضِيَّةٗ ۝٢٨

Return to your Lord, well-pleased and pleasing [to Him],

فَٱدۡخُلِي فِي عِبَٰدِي ۝٢٩

And enter among My [righteous] servants

وَٱدۡخُلِي جَنَّتِي ۝٣٠

And enter My Paradise."