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Wal-Fajr
By the dawn
Wa layaalin 'ashr
And [by] ten nights
Wash shaf'i wal watr
And [by] the even [number] and the odd
Wallaili izaa yasr
And [by] the night when it passes,
Hal fee zaalika qasamul lizee hijr
Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?
Alam tara kaifa fa'ala rabbuka bi'aad
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with ʿAad -
Iramaa zaatil 'imaad
[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,
Allatee lam yukhlaq misluhaa fil bilaad
The likes of whom had never been created in the land?
Wa samoodal lazeena jaabus sakhra bil waad
And [with] Thamūd, who carved out the rocks in the valley?
Wa fir'awna zil awtaad
And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes?
Allazeena taghaw fil bilaad
[All of] whom oppressed within the lands
Fa aksaroo feehal fasaad
And increased therein the corruption.
Fasabba 'alaihim Rabbuka sawta 'azaab
So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.
Inna Rabbaka labil mirsaad
Indeed, your Lord is in observation.
Fa ammal insaanu izaa mab talaahu Rabbuhoo fa akramahoo wa na' 'amahoo fa yaqoolu Rabbeee akraman
And as for man, when his Lord tries him and [thus] is generous to him and favors him, he says, "My Lord has honored me."
Wa ammaaa izaa mabtalaahu faqadara 'alaihi rizqahoo fa yaqoolu Rabbeee ahaanan
But when He tries him and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated me."
Kalla bal laa tukrimooo nal yateem
No! But you do not honor the orphan
Wa laa tahaaaddoona 'alaata'aamil miskeen
And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.
Wa taakuloonat turaasa aklal lammaa
And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,
Wa tuhibboonal maala hubban jammaa
And you love wealth with immense love.
Kallaaa izaaa dukkatil ardu dakkan dakka
No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed
Wa jaaa'a Rabbuka wal malaku saffan saffaa
And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon rank,
Wa jeee'a yawma'izim bi jahannnam; Yawma 'iziny yatazakkarul insaanu wa annaa lahuz zikraa
And brought [within view], that Day, is Hell - that Day, man will remember, but how [i.e., what good] to him will be the remembrance?
Yaqoolu yaa laitanee qaddamtu lihayaatee
He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."
Fa Yawma izil laa yu'azzibu 'azaabahooo ahad
So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment,
Wa laa yoosiqu wasaaqa hooo ahad
And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers].
Yaaa ayyatuhan nafsul mutma 'innah
[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,
Irji'eee ilaa Rabbiki raadiyatam mardiyyah
Return to your Lord, well-pleased and pleasing [to Him],
Fadkhulee fee 'ibaadee
And enter among My [righteous] servants
Wadkhulee jannatee
And enter My Paradise."