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Mohammad Habib Shakir
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
Abul Ala Maududi
Ahmed Ali
Ahmed Raza Khan
A. J. Arberry
Ali Quli Qarai
Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad Darwish
Mohammad Habib Shakir
Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall
Muhammad Sarwar
Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali and Muhammad Muhsin Khan
Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
Saheeh International
Talal Itani
Transliteration
Wahiduddin Khan
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
89:1
وَٱلْفَجْرِ
89:1
I swear by the daybreak, - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
89:2
وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ
89:2
And the ten nights, - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
89:3
وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ
89:3
And the even and the odd, - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
89:4
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ
89:4
And the night when it departs. - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
89:5
هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ
89:5
Truly in that there is an oath for those who possess understanding. - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
89:6
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
89:6
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with Ad, - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
89:7
إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ
89:7
(The people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings, - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
89:8
ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ
89:8
The like of which were not created in the (other) cities; - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
89:9
وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ
89:9
And (with) Samood, who hewed out the rocks in the valley, - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
89:10
وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ
89:10
And (with) Firon, the lord of hosts, - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
89:11
ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ
89:11
Who committed inordinacy in the cities, - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
89:12
فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ
89:12
So they made great mischief therein? - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
89:13
فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ
89:13
Therefore your Lord let down upon them a portion of the chastisement. - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
89:14
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ
89:14
Most surely your Lord is watching. - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
89:15
فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ
89:15
And as for man, when his Lord tries him, then treats him with honor and makes him lead an easy life, he says: My Lord honors me. - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
89:16
وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَـٰنَنِ
89:16
But when He tries him (differently), then straitens to him his means of subsistence, he says: My Lord has disgraced me. - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
89:17
كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ
89:17
Nay! but you do not honor the orphan, - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
89:18
وَلَا تَحَـٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ
89:18
Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor, - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
89:19
وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا
89:19
And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything) indiscriminately, - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
89:20
وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا
89:20
And you love wealth with exceeding love. - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
89:21
كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا
89:21
Nay! when the earth is made to crumble to pieces, - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
89:22
وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا
89:22
And your Lord comes and (also) the angels in ranks, - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
89:23
وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ
89:23
And hell is made to appear on that day. On that day shall man be mindful, and what shall being mindful (then) avail him? - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
89:24
يَقُولُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى
89:24
He shall say: O! would that I had sent before for (this) my life! - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
89:25
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
89:25
But on that day shall no one chastise with (anything like) His chastisement, - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
89:26
وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
89:26
And no one shall bind with (anything like) His binding. - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
89:27
يَـٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ
89:27
O soul that art at rest! - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
89:28
ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً
89:28
Return to your Lord, well-pleased (with him), well-pleasing (Him), - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
89:29
فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَـٰدِى
89:29
So enter among My servants, - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)
89:30
وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى
89:30
And enter into My garden. - Mohammad Habib Shakir (English)