Recitation by Qariah Darweesyah Najmuddeen, Champion of the Youth Category at the 2025 Majlis Tilawah, Tahfiz and Tadabbur Al-Quran (MTTTQ).
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وَالْفَجْرِ
By the dawn,
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وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ
And by the ten nights,
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وَالشَّفْعِ وَالْوَتْرِ
And by the even and the odd,
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وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ
And by the night when it passes,
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هَلْ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِي حِجْرٍ
Is there in that an oath for one of reason?
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أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with ‘Aad—
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إِرَمَ ذَاتِ الْعِمَادِ
Iram—who had lofty pillars,
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الَّتِي لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِي الْبِلَادِ
The like of whom was never created in the land?
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وَثَمُودَ الَّذِينَ جَابُوا الصَّخْرَ بِالْوَادِ
And Thamud, who carved out the rocks in the valley?
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وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِي الْأَوْتَادِ
And Pharaoh, owner of the stakes?
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الَّذِينَ طَغَوْا فِي الْبِلَادِ
Who transgressed in the lands
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فَأَكْثَرُوا فِيهَا الْفَسَادَ
And spread much corruption therein.
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فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ
So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.
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إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِالْمِرْصَادِ
Indeed, your Lord is ever watchful.
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فَأَمَّا الْإِنسَانُ إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ رَبُّهُ فَأَكْرَمَهُ وَنَعَّمَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَكْرَمَنِ
And as for man, when his Lord tests him and honors him and favors him, he says, “My Lord has honored me.”
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وَأَمَّا إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَهَانَنِ
But when He tests him and restricts his provision, he says, “My Lord has humiliated me.”
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كَلَّا بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ الْيَتِيمَ
No! But you do not honor the orphan,
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وَلَا تَحَاضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ
And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.
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وَتَأْكُلُونَ التُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا
And you consume inheritance greedily,
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وَتُحِبُّونَ الْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا
And you love wealth with immense love.
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كَلَّا إِذَا دُكَّتِ الْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا
No! When the earth has been leveled, pounded and crushed,
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وَجَاءَ رَبُّكَ وَالْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا
And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon rank,
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وَجِيءَ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنسَانُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ الذِّكْرَىٰ
And brought that Day is Hell—on that Day man will remember, but what good to him will be the remembrance?
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يَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِي
He will say, “Oh, I wish I had sent ahead for my life.”
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فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُ أَحَدٌ
So on that Day, none will punish as He punishes,
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وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُ أَحَدٌ
And none will bind as He binds.
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يَا أَيَّتُهَا النَّفْسُ الْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ
O tranquil soul,
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ارْجِعِي إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً
Return to your Lord, well pleased and pleasing.
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فَادْخُلِي فِي عِبَادِي
Enter among My servants,
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وَادْخُلِي جَنَّتِي
And enter My Paradise.