ആയത്ത് :
1
وَٱلۡفَجۡرِ
By the dawn,
ആയത്ത് :
2
وَلَيَالٍ عَشۡرٖ
and the ten nights[1],
ആയത്ത് :
3
وَٱلشَّفۡعِ وَٱلۡوَتۡرِ
and the even and the odd[2],
ആയത്ത് :
4
وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَسۡرِ
and by the night when it comes,
ആയത്ത് :
5
هَلۡ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٞ لِّذِي حِجۡرٍ
are these oaths not sufficient for those who have sense?
ആയത്ത് :
6
أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَيۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with ‘Ād
ആയത്ത് :
7
إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلۡعِمَادِ
of Iram[3], who were people of great stature,
ആയത്ത് :
8
ٱلَّتِي لَمۡ يُخۡلَقۡ مِثۡلُهَا فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ
the like of whom had never been created in the land;
ആയത്ത് :
9
وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُواْ ٱلصَّخۡرَ بِٱلۡوَادِ
and Thamūd, who carved out the rocks in the Valley;
ആയത്ത് :
10
وَفِرۡعَوۡنَ ذِي ٱلۡأَوۡتَادِ
and the mighty and powerful[4] Pharaoh?
ആയത്ത് :
11
ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ
All of them transgressed in the land,
ആയത്ത് :
12
فَأَكۡثَرُواْ فِيهَا ٱلۡفَسَادَ
and spread therein much corruption,
ആയത്ത് :
13
فَصَبَّ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّكَ سَوۡطَ عَذَابٍ
so your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.
ആയത്ത് :
14
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلۡمِرۡصَادِ
Indeed, your Lord is ever vigilant.
ആയത്ത് :
15
فَأَمَّا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبۡتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكۡرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّيٓ أَكۡرَمَنِ
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]!”
ആയത്ത് :
16
وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبۡتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيۡهِ رِزۡقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّيٓ أَهَٰنَنِ
But when he is tested by restricting his provision, he says, “My Lord has [undeservedly] humiliated me!”
ആയത്ത് :
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كَلَّاۖ بَل لَّا تُكۡرِمُونَ ٱلۡيَتِيمَ
No indeed[6]! You are not kind to the orphan,
ആയത്ത് :
18
وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينِ
nor do you urge one another to feed the needy,
ആയത്ത് :
19
وَتَأۡكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكۡلٗا لَّمّٗا
and you greedily consume the entire inheritance[7],
ആയത്ത് :
20
وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡمَالَ حُبّٗا جَمّٗا
and love wealth immensely.
ആയത്ത് :
21
كَلَّآۖ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ دَكّٗا دَكّٗا
No indeed! When the earth is crushed over and over,
ആയത്ത് :
22
وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلۡمَلَكُ صَفّٗا صَفّٗا
and your Lord comes[8] with the angels, rank after rank,
ആയത്ത് :
23
وَجِاْيٓءَ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بِجَهَنَّمَۚ يَوۡمَئِذٖ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ
and Hell is brought near on that Day – this is when man will understand, but what is the use of that understanding?
