Al-Fajr

Did you not see how your Lord dealt with ’Ȃd—

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with ʿAad -

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˹the people˺ of Iram—with ˹their˺ great stature,

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

[With] Iram¹ - who had lofty pillars,²

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unmatched in any other land;

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

The likes of whom had never been created in the land?

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and Thamûd who carved ˹their homes into˺ the rocks in the ˹Stone˺ Valley;

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And [with] Thamūd, who carved out the rocks in the valley?

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and the Pharaoh of mighty structures?¹

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes?¹

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They all transgressed throughout the land,

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

[All of] whom oppressed within the lands

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spreading much corruption there.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And increased therein the corruption.

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So your Lord unleashed on them a scourge of punishment.¹

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.

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˹For˺ your Lord is truly vigilant.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

Indeed, your Lord is in observation.

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Now, whenever a human being is tested by their Lord through ˹His˺ generosity and blessings, they boast, “My Lord has ˹deservedly˺ honoured me!”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

And as for man, when his Lord tries him and [thus] is generous to him and favors him, he says, "My Lord has honored me."¹

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But when He tests them by limiting their provision, they protest, “My Lord has ˹undeservedly˺ humiliated me!”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

But when He tries him and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated me."

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