| Surah Al-Fajr | |||
| In the Name of Allāh, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful. | |||
| 1 | By the dawn; | ||
| 2 | By the ten nights ( i. e. the first ten days of the month of Dhul-Hījjah ), | ||
| 3 | And by the even and the odd ( of all the creations of Allāh ). | ||
| 4 | And by the night when it departs. | ||
| 5 | 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, etc. )! | ||
| 6 | Did you ( O Muhammad ) not see ( thought ) how your Lord dealt with 'Ad ( people )? | ||
| 7 | Who were very tall like lofty pillars, | ||
| 8 | The like of which were not created in the land? | ||
| 9 | And ( with ) Thamūd ( people ), who cut ( hewed ) out rocks in the valley ( to make dwellings )? | ||
| 10 | And ( with ) Fir'aun ( Pharaoh ), who had pegs ( who used to torture men by binding them to pegs )? | ||
| 11 | Who did transgress beyond bounds in the lands ( in the disobedience of Allāh ). | ||
| 12 | And made therein much mischief. | ||
| 13 | So your Lord poured on them different kinds of severe torment. | ||
| 14 | Verily, your Lord is Ever Watchful ( over them ). | ||
| 15 | As for man, when his Lord tries him by giving him honour and gifts, then he says ( puffed up ): " My Lord has honoured me. " | ||
| 16 | But when He tries him, by straitening his means of life, he says: " My Lord has humiliated me! " | ||
| 17 | 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 )! | ||
| 18 | And urge not on the feeding of AlMiskīn ( the poor )! | ||
| 19 | And you devour inheritance all with greed, | ||
| 20 | And you love wealth with much love! | ||
| 21 | Nay! When the earth is ground to powder, | ||
| 22 | And your Lord comes with the angels in rows, | ||
| 23 | And Hell will be brought near that Day. On that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance ( then ) avail him? | ||
| 24 | He will say: " Alas! Would that I had sent forth ( good deeds ) for ( this ) my life! " | ||
| 25 | So on that Day, none will punish as He will punish. | ||
| 26 | And none will bind as He will bind. | ||
| 27 | ( It will be said to the pious ): " O ( you ) the one in ( complete ) rest and satisfaction! | ||
| 28 | " Come back to your Lord, Well-pleased ( yourself ) and well-pleasing unto Him! | ||
| 29 | " Enter you, then, among My honoured slaves, | ||
| 30 | " And enter you My Paradise! " | ||