وَٱلۡفَجۡرِ ١
By the dawn,1
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وَلَيَالٍ عَشۡرٖ ٢
and the ten nights,1
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وَٱلشَّفۡعِ وَٱلۡوَتۡرِ ٣
and the even and the odd,
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وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَسۡرِ ٤
and the night when it passes!
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هَلۡ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٞ لِّذِي حِجۡرٍ ٥
Is all this ˹not˺ a sufficient oath for those who have sense?
89:5
أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَيۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ ٦
Did you not see how your Lord dealt with ’Ȃd—
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إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلۡعِمَادِ ٧
˹the people˺ of Iram—with ˹their˺ great stature,
89:7
ٱلَّتِي لَمۡ يُخۡلَقۡ مِثۡلُهَا فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ ٨
unmatched in any other land;
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وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُواْ ٱلصَّخۡرَ بِٱلۡوَادِ ٩
and Thamûd who carved ˹their homes into˺ the rocks in the ˹Stone˺ Valley;
89:9
وَفِرۡعَوۡنَ ذِي ٱلۡأَوۡتَادِ ١٠
and the Pharaoh of mighty structures?1
89:10
ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ ١١
They all transgressed throughout the land,
89:11
فَأَكۡثَرُواْ فِيهَا ٱلۡفَسَادَ ١٢
spreading much corruption there.
89:12
فَصَبَّ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّكَ سَوۡطَ عَذَابٍ ١٣
So your Lord unleashed on them a scourge of punishment.1
89:13
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلۡمِرۡصَادِ ١٤
˹For˺ your Lord is truly vigilant.
89:14
فَأَمَّا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبۡتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكۡرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّيٓ أَكۡرَمَنِ ١٥
Now, whenever a human being is tested by their Lord through ˹His˺ generosity and blessings, they boast, “My Lord has ˹deservedly˺ honoured me!”
89:15
وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبۡتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيۡهِ رِزۡقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّيٓ أَهَٰنَنِ ١٦
But when He tests them by limiting their provision, they protest, “My Lord has ˹undeservedly˺ humiliated me!”
89:16
كـَلَّاۖ بَل لَّا تُكۡرِمُونَ ٱلۡيَتِيمَ ١٧
Absolutely not! In fact, you are not ˹even˺ gracious to the orphan,
89:17
وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينِ ١٨
nor do you urge one another to feed the poor.
89:18
وَتَأۡكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكۡلٗا لَّمّٗا ١٩
And you devour ˹others’˺ inheritance greedily,1
89:19
وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡمَالَ حُبّٗا جَمّٗا ٢٠
and love wealth fervently.
89:20
كـَلَّآۖ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ دَكّٗا دَكّٗا ٢١
Enough! When the earth is entirely crushed over and over,
89:21
وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلۡمَلَكُ صَفّٗا صَفّٗا ٢٢
and your Lord comes ˹to judge˺ with angels, rank upon rank,
89:22
وَجِاْيٓءَ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بِجَهَنَّمَۚ يَوۡمَئِذٖ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ ٢٣
and Hell is brought forth on that Day—this is when every ˹disbelieving˺ person will remember ˹their own sins˺. But what is the use of remembering then?
89:23