Al Fajr

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1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the Dawn

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1 By the dawn

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2 And ten nights,

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2 And [by] ten nights

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3 And the Even and the Odd,

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3 And [by] the even [number] and the odd

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4 And the night when it departeth,

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4 And [by] the night when it passes,

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5 There surely is an oath for thinking man.

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5 Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?

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6 Dost thou not consider how thy Lord dealt with (the tribe of) A'ad,

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6 Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad -

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7 With many - columned Iram,

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7 [With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,

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8 The like of which was not created in the lands;

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8 The likes of whom had never been created in the land?

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9 And with (the tribe of) Thamud, who clove the rocks in the valley;

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9 And [with] Thamud, who carved out the rocks in the valley?

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10 And with Pharaoh, firm of might,

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10 And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? -

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11 Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands,

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11 [All of] whom oppressed within the lands

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12 And multiplied iniquity therein ?

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12 And increased therein the corruption.

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13 Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment.

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13 So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.

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14 Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful.

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14 Indeed, your Lord is in observation.

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15 As for man, whenever his Lord trieth him by honouring him, and is gracious unto him, he saith: My Lord honoureth me.

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15 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."

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16 But whenever He trieth him by straitening his means of life, he saith: My Lord despiseth me.

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16 But when He tries him and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated me."

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17 Nay, but ye (for your part) honour not the orphan

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17 No! But you do not honor the orphan

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18 And urge not on the feeding of the poor.

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18 And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.

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19 And ye devour heritages with devouring greed.

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19 And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,

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20 And love wealth with abounding love.

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20 And you love wealth with immense love.

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21 Nay, but when the earth is ground to atoms, grinding, grinding,

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21 No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed -

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22 And thy Lord shall come with angels, rank on rank,

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22 And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon rank,

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23 And hell is brought near that day; on that day man will remember, but how will the remembrance (then avail him) ?

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

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24 He will say: Ah, would that I had sent before me (some provision) for my life!

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24 He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."

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25 None punisheth as He will punish on that day!

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25 So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment,

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26 None bindeth as He then will bind.

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26 And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers].

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27 But ah! thou soul at peace!

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

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28 Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure!

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28 Return to your Lord, well - pleased and pleasing [to Him],

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29 Enter thou among My bondmen!

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29 And enter among My [righteous] servants

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30 Enter thou My Garden!

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30 And enter My Paradise."