The Dawn, Daybreak — Sayyid Qutb Transcription In Progress Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The Daybreak

وَالْفَجْرِ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

by the ten nights,

Walayalin AAashrin

وَالشَّفْعِ وَالْوَتْرِ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

by that which is even and that which is odd,

WaalshshafAAi waalwatri

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

by the night as it journeys on!

Waallayli itha yasri

هَلْ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِي حِجْرٍ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

Is there not in that an oath for a man of sense?

Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin

أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

Have you not heard how your Lord dealt with the 'Ä€d,

Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin

إِرَمَ ذَاتِ الْعِمَادِ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

the people of Iram, the many- pillared [city],

Irama thati alAAimadi

الَّتِي لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِي الْبِلَادِ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

the like of whom has never been created in the whole land?

Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi

وَثَمُودَ الَّذِينَ جَابُوا الصَّخْرَ بِالْوَادِ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

And with the ThamÅ«d, who hollowed out rocks in the valley?

Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi

وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِي الْأَوْتَادِ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

And with Pharaoh, of the tent- pegs?

WafirAAawna thee al-awtadi

الَّذِينَ طَغَوْا فِي الْبِلَادِ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

They were all transgressors throughout their lands,

Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi

فَأَكْثَرُوا فِيهَا الْفَسَادَ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

bringing about much corruption there.

Faaktharoo feeha alfasada

فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

Therefore, your Lord let loose on them the scourge of suffering.

Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِالْمِرْصَادِ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

Your Lord surely observes all.

Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi

فَأَمَّا الْإِنسَانُ إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ رَبُّهُ فَأَكْرَمَهُ وَنَعَّمَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَكْرَمَنِ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

As for man, whenever his Lord tries him by His generosity and with a life of ease, he says, 'My Lord is bountiful to me.'

Faamma al-insanu itha ma ibtalahu rabbuhu faakramahu wanaAAAAamahu fayaqoolu rabbee akramani

وَأَمَّا إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَهَانَنِ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

But whenever He tries him by stinting his means, he says, 'My Lord has disgraced me.'

Waamma itha ma ibtalahu faqadara AAalayhi rizqahu fayaqoolu rabbee ahanani

كَلَّا بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ الْيَتِيمَ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

No indeed; but you are not generous towards the orphan,

Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema

وَلَا تَحَاضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

nor do you urge one another to feed the needy.

Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni

وَتَأْكُلُونَ التُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

You devour the inheritance [of others] greedily,

Wata/kuloona altturatha aklan lamman

وَتُحِبُّونَ الْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

and you love wealth passionately.

Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman

كَلَّا إِذَا دُكَّتِ الْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

No indeed! When the earth is systematically levelled down,

Kalla itha dukkati al-ardu dakkan dakkan

وَجَاءَ رَبُّكَ وَالْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

and your Lord comes, with the angels rank on rank,

Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan

وَجِيءَ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِجَهَنَّمَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنسَانُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ الذِّكْرَىٰ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

and on that day, hell is brought near, then man will remember, but how will that remembrance avail him?

Wajee-a yawma-ithin bijahannama yawma-ithin yatathakkaru al-insanu waanna lahu alththikra

يَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِي

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

He shall say, 'Oh, would that I had prepared for my life!'

Yaqoolu ya laytanee qaddamtu lihayatee

فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُ أَحَدٌ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

On that day, none will punish as He punishes,

Fayawma-ithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu ahadun

وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُ أَحَدٌ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

and none will bind with chains as He binds. (2

Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun

يَا أَيَّتُهَا النَّفْسُ الْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

'Oh soul at peace!

Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutma-innatu

ارْجِعِي إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

Return to your Lord, well pleased and well pleasing.

IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan

فَادْخُلِي فِي عِبَادِي

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

Enter, then, together with My servants!

Faodkhulee fee AAibadee

وَادْخُلِي جَنَّتِي

Sayyid Qutb (transcription in progress)

Enter My paradise!'

Waodkhulee jannatee

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