Translations of the Qur - Yusufali - 89. Sayfa

Translations of the Qur'an, Chapter 89:

 

AL-FAJR (THE DAWN, DAYBREAK)

 

Total Verses: 30

Revealed At: MAKKA

Maududi's introduction

 

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In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful.

 

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YUSUFALI: By the break of Day

PICKTHAL: By the Dawn

SHAKIR: I swear by the daybreak,

 

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YUSUFALI: By the Nights twice five;

PICKTHAL: And ten nights,

SHAKIR: And the ten nights,

 

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YUSUFALI: By the even and odd (contrasted);

PICKTHAL: And the Even and the Odd,

SHAKIR: And the even and the odd,

 

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YUSUFALI: And by the Night when it passeth away;-

PICKTHAL: And the night when it departeth,

SHAKIR: And the night when it departs.

 

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

PICKTHAL: There surely is an oath for thinking man.

SHAKIR: Truly in that there is an oath for those who possess understanding.

 

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

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

SHAKIR: Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with Ad,

 

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

PICKTHAL: With many-columned Iram,

SHAKIR: (The people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings,

 

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

PICKTHAL: The like of which was not created in the lands;

SHAKIR: The like of which were not created in the (other) cities;

 

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

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

SHAKIR: And (with) Samood, who hewed out the rocks in the valley,

 

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YUSUFALI: And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?

PICKTHAL: And with Pharaoh, firm of might,

SHAKIR: And (with) Firon, the lord of hosts,

 

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YUSUFALI: (All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,

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

SHAKIR: Who committed inordinacy in the cities,

 

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YUSUFALI: And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).

PICKTHAL: And multiplied iniquity therein?

SHAKIR: So they made great mischief therein?

 

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

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

SHAKIR: Therefore your Lord let down upon them a portion of the chastisement.

 

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

PICKTHAL: Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful.

SHAKIR: Most sure!y your Lord is watching.

 

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

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

SHAKIR: And as for man, when his Lord tries him, then treats him with honor and makes him lead an easy life, he says: My Lord honors me.

 

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

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

SHAKIR: But when He tries him (differently), then straitens to him his means of subsistence, he says: My Lord has disgraced me.

 

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YUSUFALI: Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!

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

SHAKIR: Nay! but you do not honor the orphan,

 

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

PICKTHAL: And urge not on the feeding of the poor.

SHAKIR: Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor,

 

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YUSUFALI: And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,

PICKTHAL: And ye devour heritages with devouring greed.

SHAKIR: And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything) indiscriminately,

 

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YUSUFALI: And ye love wealth with inordinate love!

PICKTHAL: And love wealth with abounding love.

SHAKIR: And you love wealth with exceeding love.

 

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YUSUFALI: Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,

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

SHAKIR: Nay! when the earth is made to crumble to pieces,

 

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

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

SHAKIR: And your Lord comes and (also) the angels in ranks,

 

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

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

SHAKIR: And hell is made to appear on that day. On that day shall man be mindful, and what shall being mindful (then) avail him?

 

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

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

SHAKIR: He shall say: O! would that I had sent before for (this) my life!

 

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

PICKTHAL: None punisheth as He will punish on that day!

SHAKIR: But on that day shall no one chastise with (anything like) His chastisement,

 

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

PICKTHAL: None bindeth as He then will bind.

SHAKIR: And no one shall bind with (anything like) His binding.

 

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

PICKTHAL: But ah! thou soul at peace!

SHAKIR: O soul that art at rest!

 

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

PICKTHAL: Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure!

SHAKIR: Return to your Lord, well-pleased (with him), well-pleasing (Him),

 

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YUSUFALI: "Enter thou, then, among My devotees!

PICKTHAL: Enter thou among My bondmen!

SHAKIR: So enter among My servants,

 

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YUSUFALI: "Yea, enter thou My Heaven!

PICKTHAL: Enter thou My Garden!

SHAKIR: And enter into My garden.

 

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