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Surat al-fajr (Dawn)

الفجر

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وَالْفَجْرِۙ

wal-fajr

ICALLTOwitnessthedawn

وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍۙ

wa layālin 'asyr

AndtheTenNights

وَّالشَّفْعِ وَالْوَتْرِۙ

wasy-syaf'i wal-watr

Themultipleandtheone

وَالَّيْلِ اِذَا يَسْرِۚ

wal-laili iżā yasr

Thenightasitadvances

هَلْ فِيْ ذٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِيْ حِجْرٍۗ

hal fī żālika qasamul liżī ḥijr

Istherenotanevidenceinthisforthosewhohavesense?

اَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍۖ

a lam tara kaifa fa'ala rabbuka bi'ād

HaveyounotseenwhatyourLorddidtothe´Ad

اِرَمَ ذَاتِ الْعِمَادِۖ

irama żātil-'imād

OfEramwithloftypillars(erectedassignpostsinthedesert)

الَّتِيْ لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى الْبِلَادِۖ

allatī lam yukhlaq miṡluhā fil-bilād

Thelikeofwhomwerenevercreatedintherealm;

وَثَمُوْدَ الَّذِيْنَ جَابُوا الصَّخْرَ بِالْوَادِۖ

wa ṡamụdallażīna jābuṣ-ṣakhra bil-wād

AndwithThamudwhocarvedrocksinthevalley;

وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى الْاَوْتَادِۖ

wa fir'auna żil-autād

AndthemightyPharaoh

الَّذِيْنَ طَغَوْا فِى الْبِلَادِۖ

allażīna ṭagau fil-bilād

Whoterrorisedtheregion

فَاَكْثَرُوْا فِيْهَا الْفَسَادَۖ

fa akṡarụ fīhal-fasād

Andmultipliedcorruption.

فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍۖ

fa ṣabba 'alaihim rabbuka sauṭa 'ażāb

SoyourLordpouredascourgeofpunishmentoverthem.

اِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِالْمِرْصَادِۗ

inna rabbaka labil-mirṣād

YourLordiscertainlyinwait.

فَاَمَّا الْاِنْسَانُ اِذَا مَا ابْتَلٰىهُ رَبُّهٗ فَاَكْرَمَهٗ وَنَعَّمَهٗۙ فَيَقُوْلُ رَبِّيْٓ اَكْرَمَنِۗ

fa ammal-insānu iżā mabtalāhu rabbuhụ fa akramahụ wa na''amahụ fa yaqụlu rabbī akraman

AsformanwheneverhisLordtrieshimandthenisgraciousandprovidesgoodthingsforhimhesays:"MyLordhasbeengracioustome."

وَاَمَّآ اِذَا مَا ابْتَلٰىهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهٗ ەۙ فَيَقُوْلُ رَبِّيْٓ اَهَانَنِۚ

wa ammā iżā mabtalāhu fa qadara 'alaihi rizqahụ fa yaqụlu rabbī ahānan

ButwhenHetrieshimbyrestraininghismeanshesays:"MyLorddespisesme."

كَلَّا بَلْ لَّا تُكْرِمُوْنَ الْيَتِيْمَۙ

kallā bal lā tukrimụnal-yatīm

No.Infactyouarenotgeneroustotheorphans

وَلَا تَحٰۤضُّوْنَ عَلٰى طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِيْنِۙ

wa lā tahāḍḍụna 'alā ṭa'āmil-miskīn

Nordoyouurgeoneanothertofeedthepoor

وَتَأْكُلُوْنَ التُّرَاثَ اَكْلًا لَّمًّاۙ

wa ta`kulụnat-turāṡa aklal lammā

Andyoudevour(others´)inheritancegreedily

وَّتُحِبُّوْنَ الْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّاۗ

wa tuḥibbụnal-māla ḥubban jammā

Andlovewealthwithallyourheart.

كَلَّآ اِذَا دُكَّتِ الْاَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّاۙ

kallā iżā dukkatil-arḍu dakkan dakkā

SurelywhenWepoundtheearthtopowdergroundedpoundedtodust

وَّجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَالْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّاۚ

wa jā`a rabbuka wal-malaku ṣaffan ṣaffā

AndcomesyourLordandangelsrowonrow

وَجِايْۤءَ يَوْمَىِٕذٍۢ بِجَهَنَّمَۙ يَوْمَىِٕذٍ يَّتَذَكَّرُ الْاِنْسَانُ وَاَنّٰى لَهُ الذِّكْرٰىۗ

wa jī`a yauma`iżim bijahannama yauma`iżiy yatażakkarul-insānu wa annā lahuż-żikrā

AndHellisbroughtnearthatdaywillmanrememberbutofwhatavailwillthenrememberingbe?

يَقُوْلُ يٰلَيْتَنِيْ قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِيْۚ

yaqụlu yā laitanī qaddamtu liḥayātī

Hewillsay:"Alasthewoe!WouldthatIhadsentaheadsomethinginmylife."

فَيَوْمَىِٕذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهٗٓ اَحَدٌ ۙ

fa yauma`iżil lā yu'ażżibu 'ażābahū aḥad

NonecanpunishasHewillpunishonthatday

وَّلَا يُوْثِقُ وَثَاقَهٗٓ اَحَدٌ ۗ

wa lā yụṡiqu waṡāqahū aḥad

AndnonecanbindasHewillbind.

يٰٓاَيَّتُهَا النَّفْسُ الْمُطْمَىِٕنَّةُۙ

yā ayyatuhan-nafsul-muṭma`innah

Oyoutranquilsoul

ارْجِعِيْٓ اِلٰى رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً ۚ

irji'ī ilā rabbiki rāḍiyatam marḍiyyah

ReturntoyourLordwell-pleasedandwell-pleasingHim.

فَادْخُلِيْ فِيْ عِبٰدِيْۙ

fadkhulī fī 'ibādī

"EnterthenamongMyvotaries

وَادْخُلِيْ جَنَّتِيْࣖ

wadkhulī jannatī

EnterthenMygarden."