आयत :
1
وَٱلۡفَجۡرِ
By the dawn,
आयत :
2
وَلَيَالٍ عَشۡرٖ
and the ten nights[1],
आयत :
3
وَٱلشَّفۡعِ وَٱلۡوَتۡرِ
and the even and the odd[2],
आयत :
4
وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَسۡرِ
and by the night when it comes,
आयत :
5
هَلۡ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٞ لِّذِي حِجۡرٍ
are these oaths not sufficient for those who have sense?
आयत :
6
أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَيۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with ‘Ād
आयत :
7
إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلۡعِمَادِ
of Iram[3], who were people of great stature,
आयत :
8
ٱلَّتِي لَمۡ يُخۡلَقۡ مِثۡلُهَا فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ
the like of whom had never been created in the land;
आयत :
9
وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُواْ ٱلصَّخۡرَ بِٱلۡوَادِ
and Thamūd, who carved out the rocks in the Valley;
आयत :
10
وَفِرۡعَوۡنَ ذِي ٱلۡأَوۡتَادِ
and the mighty and powerful[4] Pharaoh?
आयत :
11
ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ
All of them transgressed in the land,
आयत :
12
فَأَكۡثَرُواْ فِيهَا ٱلۡفَسَادَ
and spread therein much corruption,
आयत :
13
فَصَبَّ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّكَ سَوۡطَ عَذَابٍ
so your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.
आयत :
14
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلۡمِرۡصَادِ
Indeed, your Lord is ever vigilant.
आयत :
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]!”
आयत :
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!”
आयत :
17
كَلَّاۖ بَل لَّا تُكۡرِمُونَ ٱلۡيَتِيمَ
No indeed[6]! You are not kind to the orphan,
आयत :
18
وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينِ
nor do you urge one another to feed the needy,
आयत :
19
وَتَأۡكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكۡلٗا لَّمّٗا
and you greedily consume the entire inheritance[7],
आयत :
20
وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡمَالَ حُبّٗا جَمّٗا
and love wealth immensely.
आयत :
21
كَلَّآۖ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ دَكّٗا دَكّٗا
No indeed! When the earth is crushed over and over,
आयत :
22
وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلۡمَلَكُ صَفّٗا صَفّٗا
and your Lord comes[8] with the angels, rank after rank,
आयत :
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?
