Al-Fajr

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. Ayah89:1#Copy

   وَٱلْفَجْرِ

   (1) By the dawn

2. Ayah89:2#Copy

   وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ

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

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   [1913]- Usually interpreted as the first ten nights of the month of Dhul-Ḥijjah.
3. Ayah89:3#Copy

   وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ

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

4. Ayah89:4#Copy

   وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ

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

5. Ayah89:5#Copy

   هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ

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

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   [1914]- Based upon the following verses, what has been sworn to by Allāh is that He will certainly punish the disbelievers.
6. Ayah89:6#Copy

   أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ

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

7. Ayah89:7#Copy

   إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ

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

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   [1915]- Another name for the first people of ʿAad, to whom Prophet Hūd was sent. [1916]- Supporting their tents or buildings.
8. Ayah89:8#Copy

   ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ

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

9. Ayah89:9#Copy

   وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ

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

10. Ayah89:10#Copy

    وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ

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

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    [1917]- By which he tortured people.