The Dawn, Daybreak — Yusuf Ali Orig 1938 Translation – Parallel Quran

1 The Daybreak

وَالْفَجْرِ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

By the break of Da

وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

By the Nights twice five

Walayalin AAashrin

وَالشَّفْعِ وَالْوَتْرِ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

By the even and odd (contrasted)

WaalshshafAAi waalwatri

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

And by the Night when it passeth away;

Waallayli itha yasri

هَلْ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِي حِجْرٍ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

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

Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin

أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

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

Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin

إِرَمَ ذَاتِ الْعِمَادِ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars

Irama thati alAAimadi

الَّتِي لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِي الْبِلَادِ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

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

Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi

وَثَمُودَ الَّذِينَ جَابُوا الصَّخْرَ بِالْوَادِ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

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

Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi

وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِي الْأَوْتَادِ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes

WafirAAawna thee al-awtadi

الَّذِينَ طَغَوْا فِي الْبِلَادِ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands

Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi

فَأَكْثَرُوا فِيهَا الْفَسَادَ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

And heaped therein mischief (on mischief)

Faaktharoo feeha alfasada

فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

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

Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِالْمِرْصَادِ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

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

Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi

فَأَمَّا الْإِنسَانُ إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ رَبُّهُ فَأَكْرَمَهُ وَنَعَّمَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَكْرَمَنِ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

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

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

وَأَمَّا إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَهَانَنِ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

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

Waamma itha ma ibtalahu faqadara AAalayhi rizqahu fayaqoolu rabbee ahanani

كَلَّا بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ الْيَتِيمَ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans

Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema

وَلَا تَحَاضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor!

Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni

وَتَأْكُلُونَ التُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

And ye devour inheritance - all with greed

Wata/kuloona altturatha aklan lamman

وَتُحِبُّونَ الْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

And ye love wealth with inordinate love

Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman

كَلَّا إِذَا دُكَّتِ الْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder

Kalla itha dukkati al-ardu dakkan dakkan

وَجَاءَ رَبُّكَ وَالْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

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

Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan

وَجِيءَ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِجَهَنَّمَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنسَانُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ الذِّكْرَىٰ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

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

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

يَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِي

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

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

Yaqoolu ya laytanee qaddamtu lihayatee

فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُ أَحَدٌ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

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

Fayawma-ithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu ahadun

وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُ أَحَدٌ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

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

Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun

يَا أَيَّتُهَا النَّفْسُ الْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

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

Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutma-innatu

ارْجِعِي إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

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

IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan

فَادْخُلِي فِي عِبَادِي

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

"Enter thou, then, among My devotees

Faodkhulee fee AAibadee

وَادْخُلِي جَنَّتِي

Yusuf Ali (Orig. 1938)

"Yea, enter thou My Heaven

Waodkhulee jannatee

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