سورة الفجر، الآية ١٧
كَلَّا بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ ١٧
kallā bal lā tuk'rimūna l-yatīma
No!1919 But you do not honor the orphan
[1919] It is not like you imagine. Rather, Allāh tries people through prosperity and hardship and rewards both gratitude and patience with honor in the Hereafter.
Verse 17 of Surah Al-Fajr (89:17), a Meccan surah, is in juz 30, on page 593 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.
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Full Surah Al-Fajr by: Mahmoud Khalil Al-HussarySaad Al-GhamdiAbdul Rahman Al-SudaisMaher Al-MuaiqlyMishary Rashid AlafasyAbdul Basit Abdul Samad
Never! It is not as this human thinks, that favouring is proof of Allah being pleased with His servant, and that misfortune is proof of the servant’s insignificance in the eyes of his Lord. Rather, the reality is that you do not show generosity towards the orphan from the sustenance Allah has provided you with.
No indeed6! You are not kind to the orphan,
[6] It is not as you think. Allah puts people to test through prosperity and hardship and rewards their gratitude and patience in the Hereafter.
Nay! But you treat not the orphans with kindness and generosity (i.e. you neither treat them well, nor give them their exact right of inheritance)!
Nay, but ye (for your part) honour not the orphan
Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!
Nay! but you do not honor the orphan,
Not at all! No indeed, (but) you do not honor the orphan,
They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.
كَلَّا بَل لَّا يَخَافُونَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةَ
No! But they do not fear the Hereafter.
