Aya :
1
وَٱلۡفَجۡرِ
1. By the dawn;
Aya :
2
وَلَيَالٍ عَشۡرٖ
2. By the ten nights (i.e. the first ten days of the month of Dhul-Hijjah)[1],
Aya :
3
وَٱلشَّفۡعِ وَٱلۡوَتۡرِ
3. And by the even and the odd (of all the creations of Allâh).[2]
Aya :
4
وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَسۡرِ
4. And by the night when it departs.
Aya :
5
هَلۡ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٞ لِّذِي حِجۡرٍ
5. There is indeed in them (the above oaths) sufficient proofs for men of understanding (and that, they should avoid all kinds of sins and disbeliefs)!
Aya :
6
أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَيۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
6. Saw you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) not how your Lord dealt with ‘Âd (people)
Aya :
7
إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلۡعِمَادِ
7. Of Iram (who were very tall) like (lofty) pillars,
Aya :
8
ٱلَّتِي لَمۡ يُخۡلَقۡ مِثۡلُهَا فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ
8. The like of which were not created in the land?
Aya :
9
وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُواْ ٱلصَّخۡرَ بِٱلۡوَادِ
9. And (with) Thamûd (people), who hewed out rocks in the valley (to make dwellings)? [3]
Aya :
10
وَفِرۡعَوۡنَ ذِي ٱلۡأَوۡتَادِ
10. And (with) Fir‘aun (Pharaoh) who had the stakes (to torture men by binding them to the stakes)?
Aya :
11
ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ
11. Who did transgress beyond bounds in the lands (in the disobedience of Allâh).
Aya :
12
فَأَكۡثَرُواْ فِيهَا ٱلۡفَسَادَ
12. And made therein much mischief.
Aya :
13
فَصَبَّ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّكَ سَوۡطَ عَذَابٍ
13. So your Lord poured on them different kinds of severe torment.
Aya :
14
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلۡمِرۡصَادِ
14. Verily, your Lord is Ever Watchful (over them).
Aya :
15
فَأَمَّا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبۡتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكۡرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّيٓ أَكۡرَمَنِ
15. As for man, when his Lord tries him by giving him honour and bounties, then he says (in exultation): "My Lord has honoured me."
Aya :
16
وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبۡتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيۡهِ رِزۡقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّيٓ أَهَٰنَنِ
16. But when He tries him by straitening his means of life, he says: "My Lord has humiliated me!"
Aya :
17
كَلَّاۖ بَل لَّا تُكۡرِمُونَ ٱلۡيَتِيمَ
17. Nay! But you treat not the orphans with kindness and generosity (i.e. you neither treat them well, nor give them their exact right of inheritance)!
Aya :
18
وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينِ
18. And urge not one another on the feeding of Al-Miskîn (the poor)!
Aya :
19
وَتَأۡكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكۡلٗا لَّمّٗا
19. And you devour the inheritance all with greed.
Aya :
20
وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡمَالَ حُبّٗا جَمّٗا
20. And you love wealth with much love.
Aya :
21
كَلَّآۖ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ دَكّٗا دَكّٗا
21. Nay! When the earth is ground to powder.
Aya :
22
وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلۡمَلَكُ صَفّٗا صَفّٗا
22. And your Lord comes with the angels in rows.
Aya :
23
وَجِاْيٓءَ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بِجَهَنَّمَۚ يَوۡمَئِذٖ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ
23. And Hell will be brought near that Day. On that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance (then) avail him?
