سُورَةُ الفَجۡرِ

وَٱلۡفَجۡرِ (۱)

CONSIDER the daybreak

وَلَیَالٍ عَشۡرࣲ (۲)

and the ten nights!

وَٱلشَّفۡعِ وَٱلۡوَتۡرِ (۳)

Consider the multiple and the One!

وَٱلَّیۡلِ إِذَا یَسۡرِ (۴)

Consider the night as it runs its course!

هَلۡ فِی ذَ ٰ⁠لِكَ قَسَمࣱ لِّذِی حِجۡرٍ (۵)

Considering all this - could there be, to anyone endowed with reason, a [more] solemn evidence of the truth?

أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَیۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ (۶)

ART THOU NOT aware of how thy Sustainer has dealt with [the tribe of] ‘Ad,

إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلۡعِمَادِ (۷)

[the people of] Iram the many-pillared,

ٱلَّتِی لَمۡ یُخۡلَقۡ مِثۡلُهَا فِی ٱلۡبِلَـٰدِ (۸)

the like of whom has never been reared in all the land? –

وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِینَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخۡرَ بِٱلۡوَادِ (۹)

and with [the tribe of] Thamud, who hollowed out rocks in the valley? –

وَفِرۡعَوۡنَ ذِی ٱلۡأَوۡتَادِ (۱۰)

and with Pharaoh of the [many] tent-poles?

ٱلَّذِینَ طَغَوۡا۟ فِی ٱلۡبِلَـٰدِ (۱۱)

[It was they] who transgressed all bounds of equity all over their lands,

فَأَكۡثَرُوا۟ فِیهَا ٱلۡفَسَادَ (۱۲)

and brought about great corruption therein:

فَصَبَّ عَلَیۡهِمۡ رَبُّكَ سَوۡطَ عَذَابٍ (۱۳)

and therefore thy Sustainer let loose upon them a scourge of suffering:

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلۡمِرۡصَادِ (۱۴)

for, verily, thy Sustainer is ever on the watch!

فَأَمَّا ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبۡتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكۡرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَیَقُولُ رَبِّیۤ أَكۡرَمَنِ (۱۵)

BUT AS FOR man, whenever his Sustainer tries him by His generosity and by letting him enjoy a life of ease, he says, "My Sustainer has been [justly] generous towards me";

وَأَمَّاۤ إِذَا مَا ٱبۡتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَیۡهِ رِزۡقَهُۥ فَیَقُولُ رَبِّیۤ أَهَـٰنَنِ (۱۶)

whereas, whenever He tries him by straitening his means of livelihood, he says, "My Sustainer has disgraced me!"

كَلَّاۖ بَل لَّا تُكۡرِمُونَ ٱلۡیَتِیمَ (۱۷)

But nay, nay, [O men, consider all that you do and fail to do:] you are not generous towards the orphan,

وَلَا تَحَـٰۤضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِینِ (۱۸)

and you do not urge one another to feed the needy,

وَتَأۡكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكۡلࣰا لَّمࣰّا (۱۹)

and you devour the inheritance [of others] with devouring greed,

وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡمَالَ حُبࣰّا جَمࣰّا (۲۰)

and you love wealth with boundless love!

كَلَّاۤۖ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ دَكࣰّا دَكࣰّا (۲۱)

Nay, but [how will you fare on Judgment Day,] when the earth is crushed with crushing upon crushing,

وَجَاۤءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلۡمَلَكُ صَفࣰّا صَفࣰّا (۲۲)

and [the majesty of] thy Sustainer stands revealed, as well as [the true nature of] the angels; rank upon rank?

وَجِا۟یۤءَ یَوۡمَىِٕذِۭ بِجَهَنَّمَۚ یَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ یَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ (۲۳)

And on that Day hell will be brought [within sight]; on that Day man will remember [all that he did and failed to do]: but what will that remembrance avail him?

یَقُولُ یَـٰلَیۡتَنِی قَدَّمۡتُ لِحَیَاتِی (۲۴)

He will say, "Oh, would that I had. provided beforehand for my life [to come]!"

فَیَوۡمَىِٕذࣲ لَّا یُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥۤ أَحَدࣱ (۲۵)

For, none can make suffer as He will make suffer [the sinners] on that Day,

وَلَا یُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥۤ أَحَدࣱ (۲۶)

and none can bind with bonds like His.

یَـٰۤأَیَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفۡسُ ٱلۡمُطۡمَىِٕنَّةُ (۲۷)

[But unto the righteous God will say,] "O thou human being that hast attained to inner peace!

ٱرۡجِعِیۤ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِیَةࣰ مَّرۡضِیَّةࣰ (۲۸)

Return thou unto thy Sustainer, well-pleased [and] pleasing [Him]:

فَٱدۡخُلِی فِی عِبَـٰدِی (۲۹)

enter, then, together with My [other true] servants –

وَٱدۡخُلِی جَنَّتِی (۳۰)

yea, enter thou My paradise!"