89. Al-Fajr سُورَةُ الفَجۡرِ

Saheeh InternationalBy the dawn

Yusuf AliBy the break of Day

Saheeh InternationalAnd [by] ten nights

Yusuf AliBy the Nights twice five

Saheeh InternationalAnd [by] the even [number] and the odd

Yusuf AliBy the even and odd (contrasted)

Saheeh InternationalAnd [by] the night when it passes

Yusuf AliAnd by the Night when it passeth away

Saheeh InternationalIs there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception

Yusuf AliIs there (not) in these an adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand

Saheeh InternationalHave you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad

Yusuf AliSeest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad (people)

Saheeh International[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars

Yusuf AliOf the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars

Saheeh InternationalThe likes of whom had never been created in the land

Yusuf AliThe like of which were not produced in (all) the land

Saheeh InternationalAnd [with] Thamud, who carved out the rocks in the valley

Yusuf AliAnd with the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley

Saheeh InternationalAnd [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes

Yusuf AliAnd with Pharaoh, lord of stakes

Saheeh International[All of] whom oppressed within the lands

Yusuf Ali(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands

Saheeh InternationalAnd increased therein the corruption

Yusuf AliAnd heaped therein mischief (on mischief)

Saheeh InternationalSo your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment

Yusuf AliTherefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements

Saheeh InternationalIndeed, your Lord is in observation

Yusuf AliFor thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch-tower

Saheeh InternationalAnd as for man, when his Lord tries him and [thus] is generous to him and favors him, he says, "My Lord has honored me

Yusuf AliNow, as for man, when his Lord trieth him, giving him honour and gifts, then saith he, (puffed up), "My Lord hath honoured me

Saheeh InternationalBut when He tries him and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated me

Yusuf AliBut when He trieth him, restricting his subsistence for him, then saith he (in despair), "My Lord hath humiliated me

Saheeh InternationalNo! But you do not honor the orphan

Yusuf AliNay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans

Saheeh InternationalAnd you do not encourage one another to feed the poor

Yusuf AliNor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor

Saheeh InternationalAnd you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether

Yusuf AliAnd ye devour inheritance - all with greed

Saheeh InternationalAnd you love wealth with immense love

Yusuf AliAnd ye love wealth with inordinate love

Saheeh InternationalNo! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed

Yusuf AliNay! When the earth is pounded to powder

Saheeh InternationalAnd your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon rank

Yusuf AliAnd thy Lord cometh, and His angels, rank upon rank

Saheeh InternationalAnd brought [within view], that Day, is Hell - that Day, man will remember, but what good to him will be the remembrance

Yusuf AliAnd Hell, that Day, is brought (face to face),- on that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance profit him

Saheeh InternationalHe will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life

Yusuf AliHe will say: "Ah! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my (Future) Life

Saheeh InternationalSo on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment

Yusuf AliFor, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict

Saheeh InternationalAnd none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers]

Yusuf AliAnd His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind

Saheeh International[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul

Yusuf Ali(To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction

Saheeh InternationalReturn to your Lord, well-pleased and pleasing [to Him]

Yusuf AliCome back thou to thy Lord,- well pleased (thyself), and well-pleasing unto Him

Saheeh InternationalAnd enter among My [righteous] servants

Yusuf AliEnter thou, then, among My devotees

Saheeh InternationalAnd enter My Paradise

Yusuf AliYea, enter thou My Heaven