Surah Al-Fajr
سورة الفجر
The Dawn
Surah 89 · 30 Ayahs
What Is Surah Al-Fajr?
Surah Al-Fajr is Surah 89 of the Quran. It contains 30 ayahs and was revealed in Makkah.
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Ayah 1
وَٱلْفَجْرِ
Meaning
I swear by the dawn,
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Ayah 2
وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ
Meaning
and by Ten Nights,
- 3
Ayah 3
وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ
Meaning
and by the even and the odd,
- 4
Ayah 4
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ
Meaning
and by the night when it moves away,
- 5
Ayah 5
هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ
Meaning
-Is there (not) in such an oath (enough assurance) for a man of sense?-
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Ayah 6
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
Meaning
Have you not seen how your Lord dealt with (the people) of ‘Ād
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Ayah 7
إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ
Meaning
of Iram , the men of tall pillars,
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Ayah 8
ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ
Meaning
the like of whom were never created in the lands,
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Ayah 9
وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ
Meaning
and (how He dealt) with (the people of) Thamūd who had carved out the rocks in the Valley (of Qurā),
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Ayah 10
وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ
Meaning
and with Fir‘aun (Pharaoh), the man of the stakes,
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Ayah 11
ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ
Meaning
- those who had rebelled in the cities,
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Ayah 12
فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ
Meaning
and spread a lot of mischief therein.
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Ayah 13
فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ
Meaning
So, your Lord let loose on them the whip of torment.
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Ayah 14
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ
Meaning
Surely your Lord is ever on the watch.
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Ayah 15
فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ
Meaning
As for man, when his Lord tests him, and thus gives him honour and bounties, he says, “My Lord has honoured me.”
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Ayah 16
وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَـٰنَنِ
Meaning
But when he tests him, and thus straitens his provision for him, he says, “My Lord has disgraced me.”
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Ayah 17
كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ
Meaning
No! But you do not honour the orphan,
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Ayah 18
وَلَا تَحَـٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ
Meaning
and do not encourage one another to feed the needy.
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Ayah 19
وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا
Meaning
And you devour the inheritance with a sweeping gulp,
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Ayah 20
وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا
Meaning
and love wealth, an excessive love.
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Ayah 21
كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا
Meaning
No! When the earth will be crushed thoroughly to be turned into bits,
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Ayah 22
وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا
Meaning
and your Lord will come, and the angels as well, lined up in rows,
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Ayah 23
وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ
Meaning
and Jahannam (Hell), on that day, will be brought forward, it will be the day when man will realize the truth, but from where will he take advantage of such realization?
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Ayah 24
يَقُولُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى
Meaning
He will say, “O Would that I had sent ahead (some good deeds) for (this) my life!”
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Ayah 25
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
Meaning
So no one can punish like He will punish, that day,
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Ayah 26
وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
Meaning
nor can anyone shackle like He will shackle.
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Ayah 27
يَـٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ
Meaning
(As for an obedient man, it will be said to him,) “O content soul,
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Ayah 28
ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً
Meaning
come back to your Lord, well-pleased, well-pleasing.
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Ayah 29
فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَـٰدِى
Meaning
So, enter among My (special) servants,
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Ayah 30
وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى
Meaning
and enter My Paradise.”
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