வசனம் :
1
وَٱلۡفَجۡرِ
By the dawn,
வசனம் :
2
وَلَيَالٍ عَشۡرٖ
and the ten nights[1],
வசனம் :
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وَٱلشَّفۡعِ وَٱلۡوَتۡرِ
and the even and the odd[2],
வசனம் :
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وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَسۡرِ
and by the night when it comes,
வசனம் :
5
هَلۡ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٞ لِّذِي حِجۡرٍ
are these oaths not sufficient for those who have sense?
வசனம் :
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أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَيۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with ‘Ād
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إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلۡعِمَادِ
of Iram[3], who were people of great stature,
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ٱلَّتِي لَمۡ يُخۡلَقۡ مِثۡلُهَا فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ
the like of whom had never been created in the land;
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وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُواْ ٱلصَّخۡرَ بِٱلۡوَادِ
and Thamūd, who carved out the rocks in the Valley;
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وَفِرۡعَوۡنَ ذِي ٱلۡأَوۡتَادِ
and the mighty and powerful[4] Pharaoh?
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ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ
All of them transgressed in the land,
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فَأَكۡثَرُواْ فِيهَا ٱلۡفَسَادَ
and spread therein much corruption,
வசனம் :
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فَصَبَّ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّكَ سَوۡطَ عَذَابٍ
so your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.
வசனம் :
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إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلۡمِرۡصَادِ
Indeed, your Lord is ever vigilant.
வசனம் :
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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]!”
வசனம் :
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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!”
வசனம் :
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كَلَّاۖ بَل لَّا تُكۡرِمُونَ ٱلۡيَتِيمَ
No indeed[6]! You are not kind to the orphan,
வசனம் :
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وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينِ
nor do you urge one another to feed the needy,
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وَتَأۡكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكۡلٗا لَّمّٗا
and you greedily consume the entire inheritance[7],
வசனம் :
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وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡمَالَ حُبّٗا جَمّٗا
and love wealth immensely.
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كَلَّآۖ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ دَكّٗا دَكّٗا
No indeed! When the earth is crushed over and over,
வசனம் :
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وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلۡمَلَكُ صَفّٗا صَفّٗا
and your Lord comes[8] with the angels, rank after rank,
வசனம் :
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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?
