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Al-Fajr, The Dawn

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Mahmoud Khalil Al-HussaryHafs 'an 'Asim - Murattal

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وَمِمَّا2:3
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يُنفِقُونَ2:3
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هُدًى لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ2:2
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ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ1:1
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بِمَآ2:4
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ٱلضَّآلِّينَ1:7
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ٱللَّهِ1:1
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ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ1:1
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ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ2:3

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Surah introduction: Tafsir as-Sa'di (Arabic)

تفسير سورة والفجر

وهي مكية

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ

Tafsir as-Sa'di, Arabic v1.0.0, QuranEnc.com

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

English Translation - Noor International Center. Version: 1.1.2. Last updated: 2025-06-24. QuranEnc.com

  1. 1

    وَٱلْفَجْرِ

    (1) By the dawn

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    وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ

    (2) And [by] ten nights[1913]

    Footnotes

    [1913]- Usually interpreted as the first ten nights of the month of Dhul-Ḥijjah.

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    وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ

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

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    وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ

    (4) And [by] the night when it passes,

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    هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ

    (5) Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?[1914]

    Footnotes

    [1914]- Based upon the following verses, what has been sworn to by Allāh is that He will certainly punish the disbelievers.

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    أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ

    (6) Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with ʿAad -

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    إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ

    (7) [With] Iram[1915] - who had lofty pillars,[1916]

    Footnotes

    [1915]- Another name for the first people of ʿAad, to whom Prophet Hūd was sent. [1916]- Supporting their tents or buildings.

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    ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ

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

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    وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ

    (9) And [with] Thamūd, who carved out the rocks in the valley?

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    وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ

    (10) And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes?[1917]

    Footnotes

    [1917]- By which he tortured people.

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    ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ

    (11) [All of] whom oppressed within the lands

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    فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ

    (12) And increased therein the corruption.

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    فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ

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

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  14. 14

    إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ

    (14) Indeed, your Lord is in observation.

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    فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ

    (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."[1918]

    Footnotes

    [1918]- He is proud rather than grateful, attributing the favor to his own merit.

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    وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَـٰنَنِ

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

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  17. 17

    كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ

    (17) No![1919] But you do not honor the orphan

    Footnotes

    [1919]- It is not like you imagine. Rather, Allāh tries people through prosperity and hardship and rewards both gratitude and patience with honor in the Hereafter.

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    وَلَا تَحَـٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ

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

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    وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا

    (19) And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,[1920]

    Footnotes

    [1920]- Not caring whether it is lawful or unlawful.

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    وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا

    (20) And you love wealth with immense love.

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    كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا

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

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    وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا

    (22) And your Lord has come[1921] and the angels, rank upon rank,

    Footnotes

    [1921]- To pass judgement. See footnote to 2:19.

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    وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ

    (23) 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?

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    يَقُولُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى

    (24) He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."[1922]

    Footnotes

    [1922]- The everlasting life of the Hereafter.

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    فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

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

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    وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

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

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    يَـٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ

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

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    ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً

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

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    فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَـٰدِى

    (29) And enter among My [righteous] servants

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  30. 30

    وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى

    (30) And enter My Paradise."

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Surah conclusion: Tafsir as-Sa'di (Arabic)

والحمد لله رب العالمين.

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