Al-Fajr
The Trial Read Backwards
In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent. By the dawn! By ten nights! By the even [the state in which intercession is permitted], and the odd [the state in which it is refused]! By the night when it passes! Is there in that an oath for one who has restraint?
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلْفَجْرِ وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍۢ وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌۭ لِّذِى حِجْرٍHave you not seen how your Guardian dealt with the Recidivists [Aad], with Iram of the lofty pillars, the like of which had never been created in the lands? And with the Depleters [Thamud], who carved the rock in the valley? And with Fir'awn, holder of the stakes? Those who exceeded all measure in the lands and multiplied corruption therein — so your Guardian poured upon them a scourge of punishment.
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍIndeed, your Guardian is ever watchful.
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِAs for the human being, when his Guardian tests him and honors him and blesses him, he says, "My Guardian has honored me."
فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِBut when He tests him and restricts his provision, he says, "My Guardian has humiliated me." By no means!
وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَٰنَنِ كَلَّا- 89:21ورشقالونالبزيقنبلالدوريالسوسي
But rather, you do not honor the orphan, and you do not urge one another to feed the destitute, and you consume the inheritance with voracious greed, and you love goods with immense love. By no means!
بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًۭا لَّمًّۭا وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّۭا جَمًّۭا كَلَّآ - 89:23قالون
When the earth is crushed and pulverized, and your Guardian comes, and the Agents, rank upon rank, and Jahannam is brought, that Day — that Day the human being will remember, but what good will remembrance be to him then?
إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّۭا دَكًّۭا وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّۭا صَفًّۭا وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ He will say, "Oh, if only I had sent [something] ahead for my life!"
يَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِىThat Day, none will punish as He punishes, and none will bind as He binds.
فَيَوْمَئِذٍۢ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌۭ وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌۭO reassured Self! Return to your Guardian, well-pleased and pleasing. Enter among My obedient ones, and enter My Garden!
يَٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةًۭ مَّرْضِيَّةًۭ فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَٰدِى وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى