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سورة الفجر

Al-Fajr · The Dawn

30 ayahs Makki Pages 593–594 Juz 30
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Translation
Madd (maddah sign)Ghunnah (doubled noon / meem)Qalqalah
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وَٱلْفَجْرِ ﴿١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBy the Dawn

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وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ ﴿٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd ten nights,

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وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ ﴿٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd the Even and the Odd,

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وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ ﴿٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd the night when it departeth,

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هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ ﴿٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThere surely is an oath for thinking man.

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أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ ﴿٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallDost thou not consider how thy Lord dealt with (the tribe of) A'ad,

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إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ ﴿٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWith many-columned Iram,

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ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ ﴿٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThe like of which was not created in the lands;

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وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ ﴿٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd with (the tribe of) Thamud, who clove the rocks in the valley;

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وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ ﴿١٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd with Pharaoh, firm of might,

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ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ ﴿١١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWho (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands,

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فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ ﴿١٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd multiplied iniquity therein?

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فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ ﴿١٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallTherefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment.

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إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ ﴿١٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! thy Lord is ever watchful.

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فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ ﴿١٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAs for man, whenever his Lord trieth him by honouring him, and is gracious unto him, he saith: My Lord honoureth me.

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وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَـٰنَنِ ﴿١٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBut whenever He trieth him by straitening his means of life, he saith: My Lord despiseth me.

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كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ ﴿١٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallNay, but ye (for your part) honour not the orphan

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وَلَا تَحَـٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ ﴿١٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd urge not on the feeding of the poor.

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وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا ﴿١٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd ye devour heritages with devouring greed.

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وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا ﴿٢٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd love wealth with abounding love.

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كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا ﴿٢١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallNay, but when the earth is ground to atoms, grinding, grinding,

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وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا ﴿٢٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd thy Lord shall come with angels, rank on rank,

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وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ ﴿٢٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd hell is brought near that day; on that day man will remember, but how will the remembrance (then avail him)?

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يَقُولُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى ﴿٢٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe will say: Ah, would that I had sent before me (some provision) for my life!

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فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ ﴿٢٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallNone punisheth as He will punish on that day!

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وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ ﴿٢٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallNone bindeth as He then will bind.

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يَـٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ ﴿٢٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBut ah! thou soul at peace!

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ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً ﴿٢٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallReturn unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure!

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فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَـٰدِى ﴿٢٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallEnter thou among My bondmen!

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وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى ﴿٣٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallEnter thou My Garden!

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Quran text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani), tanzil.net – CC BY 3.0, unchanged. Translation: The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall – Public domain (published 1930).