Chapter 88
Surah Al-Fajr - سورة الفجر
(The Break of the Day/The Dawn)

Noble Qur'an Table of Content

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

89:1

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Transliteration

Walfajr

Sahih International

By the dawn

Pickthall

By the Dawn

Yusuf Ali

By the break of Day

89:2

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Transliteration

Walayalin AAashr

Sahih International

And [by] ten nights

Pickthall

And ten nights,

Yusuf Ali

By the Nights twice five;

89:3

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Transliteration

WashshafAAi walwatr

Sahih International

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

Pickthall

And the Even and the Odd,

Yusuf Ali

By the even and odd (contrasted);

89:4

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Wallayli itha yasr

Sahih International

And [by] the night when it passes,

Pickthall

And the night when it departeth,

Yusuf Ali

And by the Night when it passeth away;-

89:5

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Transliteration

Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijr

Sahih International

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

Pickthall

There surely is an oath for thinking man.

Yusuf Ali

Is there (not) in these an adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand?

89:6

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Transliteration

Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAad

Sahih International

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

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad (people),-

89:7

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Transliteration

Irama thati alAAimad

Sahih International

[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,

Pickthall

With many-columned Iram,

Yusuf Ali

Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,

89:8

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Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albilad

Sahih International

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

Pickthall

The like of which was not created in the lands;

Yusuf Ali

The like of which were not produced in (all) the land?

89:9

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Transliteration

Wathamooda allatheena jaboo assakhrabilwad

Sahih International

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

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

And with the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley?-

89:10

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WafirAAawna thee al-awtad

Sahih International

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

Pickthall

And with Pharaoh, firm of might,

Yusuf Ali

And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?

89:11

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Allatheena taghaw fee albilad

Sahih International

[All of] whom oppressed within the lands

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,

89:12

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Faaktharoo feeha alfasad

Sahih International

And increased therein the corruption.

Pickthall

And multiplied iniquity therein?

Yusuf Ali

And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).

89:13

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Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawtaAAathab

Sahih International

So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements:

89:14

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Transliteration

Inna rabbaka labilmirsad

Sahih International

Indeed, your Lord is in observation.

Pickthall

Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful.

Yusuf Ali

For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch-tower.

89:15

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Transliteration

Faamma al-insanu itha maibtalahu rabbuhu faakramahu wanaAAAAamahu fayaqoolu rabbeeakraman

Sahih International

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."

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

Now, as for man, when his Lord trieth him, giving him honour and gifts, then saith he, (puffed up), "My Lord hath honoured me."

89:16

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Transliteration

Waamma itha ma ibtalahufaqadara AAalayhi rizqahu fayaqoolu rabbee ahanan

Sahih International

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

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

But when He trieth him, restricting his subsistence for him, then saith he (in despair), "My Lord hath humiliated me!"

89:17

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Transliteration

Kalla bal la tukrimoonaalyateem

Sahih International

No! But you do not honor the orphan

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!

89:18

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Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAamialmiskeen

Sahih International

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

Pickthall

And urge not on the feeding of the poor.

Yusuf Ali

Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor!-

89:19

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Wata/kuloona atturatha aklanlamma

Sahih International

And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,

Pickthall

And ye devour heritages with devouring greed.

Yusuf Ali

And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,

89:20

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Watuhibboona almala hubbanjamma

Sahih International

And you love wealth with immense love.

Pickthall

And love wealth with abounding love.

Yusuf Ali

And ye love wealth with inordinate love!

89:21

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Kalla itha dukkati al-ardudakkan dakka

Sahih International

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

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,

89:22

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Transliteration

Wajaa rabbuka walmalaku saffansaffa

Sahih International

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

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

And thy Lord cometh, and His angels, rank upon rank,

89:23

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Wajee-a yawma-ithin bijahannamayawma-ithin yatathakkaru al-insanu waannalahu aththikra

Sahih International

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

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

And Hell, that Day, is brought (face to face),- on that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance profit him?

89:24

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Transliteration

Yaqoolu ya laytanee qaddamtu lihayatee

Sahih International

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

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

He will say: "Ah! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my (Future) Life!"

89:25

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Transliteration

Fayawma-ithin la yuAAaththibuAAathabahu ahad

Sahih International

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

Pickthall

None punisheth as He will punish on that day!

Yusuf Ali

For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict,

89:26

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Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahad

Sahih International

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

Pickthall

None bindeth as He then will bind.

Yusuf Ali

And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.

89:27

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Ya ayyatuha annafsualmutma-inna

Sahih International

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

Pickthall

But ah! thou soul at peace!

Yusuf Ali

(To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction!

89:28

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IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatanmardiyya

Sahih International

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

Pickthall

Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure!

Yusuf Ali

"Come back thou to thy Lord,- well pleased (thyself), and well-pleasing unto Him!

89:29

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Fadkhulee fee AAibadee

Sahih International

And enter among My [righteous] servants

Pickthall

Enter thou among My bondmen!

Yusuf Ali

"Enter thou, then, among My devotees!

89:30

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Wadkhulee jannatee

Sahih International

And enter My Paradise."

Pickthall

Enter thou My Garden!

Yusuf Ali

"Yea, enter thou My Heaven!

Al-Qur'an 2:28

"How can you disbelieve in Allah when you were lifeless and He brought you to life; then He will cause you to die, then He will bring you [back] to life, and then to Him you will be returned."

Al-Qur'an 3:102

"O ye who believe! Heed Allah as He deserves to be heeded, and die not except in a state of Islam [in submission to Him]."

Al-Qur'an 6:59-60

"And with Him are the keys of the unseen; none knows them except Him. And He knows what is on the land and in the sea. Not a leaf falls but that He knows it. And no grain is there within the darknesses of the earth and no moist or dry [thing] but that it is [written] in a clear record. And it is He who takes your souls by night and knows what you have committed by day. Then He revives you therein that a specified term may be fulfilled. Then to Him will be your return; then He will inform you about what you used to do."

Al-Qur'an 7:172

"And [mention] when your Lord took from the children of Adam - from their loins - their descendants and made them testify of themselves, [saying to them], "Am I not your Lord?" They said, "Yes, we have testified." [This] - lest you should say on the day of Resurrection, "Indeed, we were of this unaware.""

Al-Qur'an 10:31

"Say, "Who provides for you from the heaven and the earth? Or who controls hearing and sight and who brings the living out of the dead and brings the dead out of the living and who arranges [every] matter?" They will say, " Allah ," so say, "Then will you not fear Him?" "

Al-Qur'an 10:34-36

"Say, "Are there of your 'partners' any who begins creation and then repeats it?" Say, " Allah begins creation and then repeats it, so how are you deluded?" Say: "Of your 'partners' is there any that can give any guidance towards truth?" Say: "It is Allah Who gives guidance towards truth, is then He Who gives guidance to truth more worthy to be followed, or he who finds not guidance (himself) unless he is guided? Then what is [wrong] with you - how do you judge?" And most of them follow not except assumption. Indeed, assumption avails not against the truth at all. Indeed, Allah is Knowing of what they do."

Al-Qur'an 10:45

"And on the Day when He will gather them, [it will be] as if they had not remained [in the world] but an hour of the day, [and] they will know each other. Those will have lost who denied the meeting with Allah and were not guided"

Al-Qur'an 15:21-25

"And there is not a thing but that with Us are its depositories, and We do not send it down except according to a known measure. And We have sent the fertilizing winds and sent down water from the sky and given you drink from it. And you are not its retainers. And indeed, it is We who give life and cause death, and We are the Inheritor. And We have already known the preceding [generations] among you, and We have already known the later [ones to come]. And indeed, your Lord will gather them; indeed, He is Wise and Knowing."

Al-Qur'an 16:61

"And if Allah were to impose blame on the people for their wrongdoing, He would not have left upon the earth any creature, but He defers them for a specified term. And when their term has come, they will not remain behind an hour, nor will they precede [it]."

Al-Qur'an 19:66-67

“And man says, ‘When I have died, am I going to be brought forth alive?’ Does man not remember that We created him before, while he was nothing?”

Al-Qur'an 23:12-16

"And certainly did We create man from an extract of clay. Then We placed him as a sperm-drop in a firm lodging. Then We made the sperm-drop into a clinging clot, and We made the clot into a lump [of flesh], and We made [from] the lump, bones, and We covered the bones with flesh; then We developed him into another creation. So blessed is Allah , the best of creators. Then indeed, after that you are to die. Then indeed you, on the Day of Resurrection, will be resurrected.”

Al-Qur'an 23:32

"And We sent among them a messenger from themselves, [saying], "Worship Allah ; you have no deity other than Him; then will you not fear Him?""

Al-Qur'an 23:73-77

"And indeed, you invite them to a straight path. But indeed, those who do not believe in the Hereafter are deviating from the path. And even if We gave them mercy and removed what was upon them of affliction, they would persist in their transgression, wandering blindly. And We had gripped them with suffering [as a warning], but they did not yield to their Lord, nor did they humbly supplicate, [and will continue thus]. Until when We have opened before them a door of severe punishment, immediately they will be therein in despair."

Al-Qur'an 23:78-85

"And it is He who produced for you hearing and vision and hearts; little are you grateful. And it is He who has multiplied you throughout the earth, and to Him you will be gathered. And it is He who gives life and causes death, and His is the alternation of the night and the day. Then will you not reason? Rather, they say like what the former peoples said. They said, "When we have died and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected? We have been promised this, we and our forefathers, before; this is not but legends of the former peoples." Say, [O Muhammad], "To whom belongs the earth and whoever is in it, if you should know?" They will say, "To Allah ." Say, "Then will you not remember?"

Al-Qur'an 23:86-92

"Say, "Who is Lord of the seven heavens and Lord of the Great Throne?" They will say, "[They belong] to Allah ." Say, "Then will you not fear Him?" Say, "In whose hand is the realm of all things - and He protects while none can protect against Him - if you should know?" They will say, "[All belongs] to Allah ." Say, "Then how are you deluded?" Rather, We have brought them the truth, and indeed they are liars. Allah has not taken any son, nor has there ever been with Him any deity. [If there had been], then each deity would have taken what it created, and some of them would have sought to overcome others. Exalted is Allah above what they describe [concerning Him]. [He is] Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, so high is He above what they associate [with Him]."

Al-Qur'an 23:99-103

"[For such is the state of the disbelievers], until, when death comes to one of them, he says, "My Lord, send me back. That I might do righteousness in that which I left behind." No! It is only a word he is saying; and behind them is a barrier until the Day they are resurrected. So when the Horn is blown, no relationship will there be among them that Day, nor will they ask about one another. And those whose scales are heavy [with good deeds] - it is they who are the successful.But those whose scales are light - those are the ones who have lost their souls, [being] in Hell, abiding eternally."

Al-Qur'an 23:112-116

"[ Allah ] will say, "How long did you remain on earth in number of years?" They will say, "We remained a day or part of a day; ask those who enumerate." He will say, "You stayed not but a little - if only you had known. Then did you think that We created you uselessly and that to Us you would not be returned?" So exalted is Allah , the Sovereign, the Truth; there is no deity except Him, Lord of the Noble Throne."

Al-Qur'an 40:57

“The creation of the heavens and earth is greater than the creation of mankind, but most of the people do not know.”

Al-Qur'an 40:67-68

"It is He who created you from dust, then from a sperm-drop, then from a clinging clot; then He brings you out as a child; then [He develops you] that you reach your [time of] maturity, then [further] that you become elders. And among you is he who is taken in death before [that], so that you reach a specified term; and perhaps you will use reason. He it is who gives life and causes death; and when He decrees a matter, He but says to it, "Be," and it is."

Al-Qur'an 41:39

“And among His Signs, that you see the earth barren, but when We send down water (rain) to it, it is stirred to life and growth (of vegetations). Verily, He Who gives it life, surely is Able to give life to the dead (on the Day of Resurrection). Indeed He is Able to do all things.”

Al-Qur'an 44:38

“And We did not create the heavens and earth and that between them in play."

Al-Qur'an 51:56

"And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me."

Al-Qur'an 52:35-37

"Or were they created by nothing, or were they the creators [of themselves]? Or did they create the heavens and the earth? Rather, they are not certain. Or have they the depositories [containing the provision] of your Lord? Or are they the controllers [of them]?"

Al-Qur'an 82:6-7

"O mankind, what has deceived you concerning your Lord, the Generous, Who created you, proportioned you, and balanced you?"

Al-Qur'an 88:17-22

"Then do they not look at the camels - how they are created? And at the sky - how it is raised? And at the mountains - how they are erected? And at the earth - how it is spread out? So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder. You are not over them a controller."

Al-Qur'an 112:1–4

"Say: He is Allah, the One and Only; Allah, the Eternal, Absolute; He begetteth not, nor is He begotten; And there is none like unto Him."

Narrated Abu Huraira: Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) said,

(Al-Bukhari, Volume 9, Book 93, Number 479)

Chapter 88 Surah Al-Fajr - سورة الفجر (The Break of the Day/The Dawn)

Al-Qur'an 2:28

Al-Qur'an 3:102

Al-Qur'an 6:59-60

Al-Qur'an 7:172

Al-Qur'an 10:31

Al-Qur'an 10:34-36

Al-Qur'an 10:45

Al-Qur'an 15:21-25

Al-Qur'an 16:61

Al-Qur'an 19:66-67

Al-Qur'an 23:12-16

Al-Qur'an 23:32

Al-Qur'an 23:73-77

Al-Qur'an 23:78-85

Al-Qur'an 23:86-92

Al-Qur'an 23:99-103

Al-Qur'an 23:112-116

Al-Qur'an 40:57

Al-Qur'an 40:67-68

Al-Qur'an 41:39

Al-Qur'an 44:38

Al-Qur'an 51:56

Al-Qur'an 52:35-37

Al-Qur'an 82:6-7

Al-Qur'an 88:17-22

Al-Qur'an 112:1–4

Narrated Abu Huraira: Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) said,

Chapter 88
Surah Al-Fajr - سورة الفجر
(The Break of the Day/The Dawn)