ﱁButﱂwhoeverﱃturns awayﱄand disbelievesﱅ
But whoever turns away, persisting in disbelief,
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ﱆThen will punish himﱇAllahﱈ(with) the punishmentﱉgreatestﱊ
then Allah will inflict upon them the major punishment.
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ﱋIndeedﱌto Usﱍ(will be) their returnﱎ
Surely to Us is their return,
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ﱏThenﱐindeedﱑupon Usﱒ(is) their accountﱓ
then surely with Us is their reckoning.
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Al-Fajr
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
ﱔBy the dawnﱕ
By the dawn,
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ﱖAnd the nightsﱗtenﱘ
and the ten nights,
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ﱙAnd the evenﱚand the oddﱛ
and the even and the odd,
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ﱜAnd the nightﱝwhenﱞit passesﱟ
and the night when it passes!
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ﱠIsﱡinﱢthatﱣ(not) an oathﱤfor thoseﱥwho understandﱦ
Is all this ˹not˺ a sufficient oath for those who have sense?
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ﱧDid notﱨyou seeﱩhowﱪdealtﱫyour Lordﱬwith Aadﱭ
Did you not see how your Lord dealt with ’Ȃd—
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ﱮIramﱯpossessors (of)ﱰlofty pillarsﱱ
˹the people˺ of Iram—with ˹their˺ great stature,
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ﱲWhichﱳnotﱴhad been createdﱵlike themﱶinﱷthe citiesﱸ
unmatched in any other land;
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ﱹAnd Thamudﱺwhoﱻcarved outﱼthe rocksﱽin the valleyﱾ
and Thamûd who carved ˹their homes into˺ the rocks in the ˹Stone˺ Valley;
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ﱿAnd Firaunﲀowner ofﲁstakesﲂ
and the Pharaoh of mighty structures?
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ﲃWhoﲄtransgressedﲅinﲆthe landsﲇ
They all transgressed throughout the land,
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ﲈAnd (made) muchﲉthereinﲊcorruptionﲋ
spreading much corruption there.
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ﲌSo pouredﲍon themﲎyour Lordﲏscourgeﲐ(of) punishmentﲑ
So your Lord unleashed on them a scourge of punishment.
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ﲒIndeedﲓyour Lordﲔ(is) surely Ever Watchfulﲕ
˹For˺ your Lord is truly vigilant.
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ﲖAnd as forﲗmanﲘwhenﲙdoesﲚtry himﲛhis Lordﲜand is generous to himﲝand favors himﲞhe saysﲟMy Lordﲠhas honored meﲡ
Now, whenever a human being is tested by their Lord through ˹His˺ generosity and blessings, they boast, “My Lord has ˹deservedly˺ honoured me!”
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ﲢButﲣwhenﲤdoesﲥHe try himﲦand restrictsﲧfor himﲨhis provisionﲩthen he saysﲪMy Lordﲫ(has) humiliated meﲬ
But when He tests them by limiting their provision, they protest, “My Lord has ˹undeservedly˺ humiliated me!”
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ﲭﲮNayﲯButﲰnotﲱyou honorﲲthe orphanﲳ
Absolutely not! In fact, you are not ˹even˺ gracious to the orphan,
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ﲴAnd notﲵyou feel the urgeﲶtoﲷfeedﲸthe poorﲹ
nor do you urge one another to feed the poor.
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ﲺAnd you consumeﲻthe inheritanceﲼdevouringﲽaltogetherﲾ
And you devour ˹others’˺ inheritance greedily,
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ﲿAnd you loveﳀwealthﳁ(with) loveﳂimmenseﳃ
and love wealth fervently.
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ﳄﳅNayﳆWhenﳇis leveledﳈthe earthﳉpoundedﳊ(and) crushedﳋ
Enough! When the earth is entirely crushed over and over,
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ﳌAnd comesﳍyour Lordﳎand the Angelsﳏrankﳐ(upon) rankﳑ
and your Lord comes ˹to judge˺ with angels, rank upon rank,
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