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Wal-Fajr

Translation

By the dawn,

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Wa layaalin 'ashr

Translation

and the ten nights[1],

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Wash shaf'i wal watr

Translation

and the even and the odd[2],

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Wallaili izaa yasr

Translation

and by the night when it comes,

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Hal fee zaalika qasamul lizee hijr

Translation

are these oaths not sufficient for those who have sense?

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Alam tara kaifa fa'ala rabbuka bi'aad

Translation

Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with ‘Ād

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Iramaa zaatil 'imaad

Translation

of Iram[3], who were people of great stature,

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Allatee lam yukhlaq misluhaa fil bilaad

Translation

the like of whom had never been created in the land;

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Wa samoodal lazeena jaabus sakhra bil waad

Translation

and Thamūd, who carved out the rocks in the Valley;

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Wa fir'awna zil awtaad

Translation

and the mighty and powerful[4] Pharaoh?

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Allazeena taghaw fil bilaad

Translation

All of them transgressed in the land,

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Fa aksaroo feehal fasaad

Translation

and spread therein much corruption,

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Fasabba 'alaihim Rabbuka sawta 'azaab

Translation

so your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.

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Inna Rabbaka labil mirsaad

Translation

Indeed, your Lord is ever vigilant.

Transliteration

Fa ammal insaanu izaa mab talaahu Rabbuhoo fa akramahoo wa na' 'amahoo fa yaqoolu Rabbeee akraman

Translation

As for man, when he is tested by his Lord by honoring him and bestowing blessings upon him, he says, “My Lord has [deservedly] honored me[5]!”

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Wa ammaaa izaa mabtalaahu faqadara 'alaihi rizqahoo fa yaqoolu Rabbeee ahaanan

Translation

But when he is tested by restricting his provision, he says, “My Lord has [undeservedly] humiliated me!”

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Kalla bal laa tukrimooo nal yateem

Translation

No indeed[6]! You are not kind to the orphan,

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Wa laa tahaaaddoona 'alaata'aamil miskeen

Translation

nor do you urge one another to feed the needy,

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Wa taakuloonat turaasa aklal lammaa

Translation

and you greedily consume the entire inheritance[7],

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Wa tuhibboonal maala hubban jammaa

Translation

and love wealth immensely.

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Kallaaa izaaa dukkatil ardu dakkan dakka

Translation

No indeed! When the earth is crushed over and over,

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Wa jaaa'a Rabbuka wal malaku saffan saffaa

Translation

and your Lord comes[8] with the angels, rank after rank,

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Wa jeee'a yawma'izim bi jahannnam; Yawma 'iziny yatazakkarul insaanu wa annaa lahuz zikraa

Translation

and Hell is brought near on that Day – this is when man will understand, but what is the use of that understanding?

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Yaqoolu yaa laitanee qaddamtu lihayaatee

Translation

He will say, “Would that I had sent forth something for my [eternal] life!”

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Fa Yawma izil laa yu'azzibu 'azaabahooo ahad

Translation

None can punish as He punishes on that Day,

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Wa laa yoosiqu wasaaqa hooo ahad

Translation

and none can bind as He binds.

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Yaaa ayyatuhan nafsul mutma 'innah

Translation

[It will be said to the believer,] “O the tranquil soul!

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Irji'eee ilaa Rabbiki raadiyatam mardiyyah

Translation

Return to your Lord, well pleased and pleasing [to Him].

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Fadkhulee fee 'ibaadee

Translation

Join My [righteous] slaves,

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Wadkhulee jannatee

Translation

and enter My Paradise.”