Surah Al Fajr The Dawn Kids Quran Tafsir for Children Quran For Kids

89. Surah Al-Fajr (The Dawn / Daybreak) When Muhammad (s) started to spread Islam openly, the bad Quraysh leaders and rich people started to give hard time to the new Muslims. To warn them Allah (swt) sent surah Fajr with some examples of powerful bad civilizations who were destroyed by Allah (swt). (1-5) Allah (swt) starts surah Fajr by taking an oath of the early morning, different parts of the month, even and odd numbers, and night turning into day. For wise people, these are good examples, of how everything in this world works perfectly. Just like how the sun rises in the morning and sets at night and how we can tell what day it is. Smart people understand that there must be God who is in charge of everything. (6-8) Allah (swt) mentions different groups of bad people from history. Some groups of people behaved well and were successful, while others were not so good and ended up in trouble. Here we can learn the mistakes and successes from history. Allah (swt) mentions the people of 'Ad who lived in the hills. They were physically well-built and well-known for their tall building construction with big towers. Among all the nations they were very powerful and wealthy, which, unfortunately, made them arrogant. They worshiped their stone idols and they did not believe in the Day of Judgment. To guide those people Allah (swt) sent them Prophet Hud (pbuh). But they did not believe Prophet Hud (as) and kept doing all their bad actions. So Allah (swt) decided to punish all the bad people. As punishment, there was no rain. So terrible drought spread throughout the land. Then, finally, very heavy sandstorm killed all the disbelievers. For more details of this story, you can watch our episode of Prophet Hud (as). (9-10) Unfortunately, some people still don't learn from history. People of Thamud also rejected Allah (swt) and their Prophet Saleh (as)'s advice. Allah (swt) made them the first nation in history who cut rocks to build their houses. Another example is that Allah (swt) made Pharaoh or Firaun very powerful king in history. He had very large and strong army. But after getting Allah (swt)'s blessing, they became very arrogant and broke Allah (swt)'s law and orders to destroy the peace with their people. (11-14) Basically, all the bad people spread crime in their community. They thought nobody was watching them. They forgot that Allah (swt) is keeping an eye on everything at all times. When the bad people cross limit and go too far, Allah (swt) attacks them with big punishment. (15-16) Bad people are very ungrateful to Allah (swt). When they have money, fancy things, and power, they feel really proud. They think they have special blessings and honor from God. But when they don't get what they want, they feel humiliated and blame God. They think that money and power make them important. But they don't realize that everything they have is actually test from God. Allah (swt) made the people of Ad, Thamud, and Pharaoh very powerful to see if they would become thankful to God and how they would use their wealth and power. If some people are not so lucky, it's still test to see if they'll keep patience with Allah (swt). (17-20) Allah (swt) sees how we treat orphans and poor people. This is our duty to help them with our money and wealth. But the bad people are very greedy to become more rich. Some of them even don't have respect for the dead people and their families. They are greedy to grab the dead person's assets and money to become more rich. (21) They think there would be no effect for their bad action. Allah (swt) will not let them go that easily. All of their good and bad action will be judged on the Day of Judgment and that day is real. It will happen at the right time. To prepare for that day Allah (sw) will destroy this world into powder. (22-30) On the day of Judgment, they will see the almighty Allah (swt) and angels who will wait with discipline. They also will see the scary Hellfire. They will realize that the day of Judgment is real, but it'll be too late. There will be no hope and way to save them except Allah (swt)'s mercy. They will start to cry for fear and be sorry for their bad actions. They will wish that they could do more good jobs in this world. On that day Allah (swt) will be very angry with the bad people and tie them very tightly to throw them to the Hellfire with extreme punishment. But Allah (swt) will be very happy for the good people who followed Allah (swt)'s law and order, the Quran. He will send their souls to Paradise where they will live happily forever. Important Facts of Al-Fajr 1. The name of Surah Al-Fajr comes from the first word of the Surah. 2. Allah (swt) sent this Surah in Makkah when bad people started to punish new Muslims. 3. Surah Al-Fajr means The Dawn or very very early morning. 4. This Surah has only 30 short sentences. 5. Surah Al-Fajr is the 89th chapter in the Quran. 6. Surah Fajr was sent right after Surah Al-Lail. 7. In this Surah Allah (swt) takes oath in 5 different things. 8. Surah Fajr was the 10th surah revealed to Prophet