سورة الفَجر

Surah Al-Fajr 89:17

The Dawn · Verse 17 of 30

كَلَّا ۖ بَلْ لَا تُكْرِمُونَ الْيَتِيمَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

Nay, (what you think is wrong,) but (the reason for this degradation is that) you (for your part) do not honour the orphan,

Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!

No. In fact you are not generous to the orphans,

12 more translations

No indeed! You (O people) do not treat the orphan with kindness and generosity;

By no means! But ye honour not the orphan,

Not at all – but rather you do not honour the orphan.

Nay, but you honour not the orphan,

Nay, but you honour not the orphan,

But nay, nay, [O men, consider all that you do and fail to do:] you are not generous towards the orphan,

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

(Since wealth does not necessarily guarantee everlasting happiness) then why do you not show kindness to the orphans,

Nay! but you do not honor the orphan,

Wrong! It is you who brought it on yourselves by not regarding the orphan.

Nay, nay, you do not honor the orphan.