Al-Fajr

وَٱلْفَجْرِ١

Walfajr

By the dawn

I swear by the dawn,

وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ٢

Walayalin AAashr

And [by] ten nights

and by Ten Nights,

وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ٣

WashshafAAi walwatr

And [by] the even [number] and the odd

and by the even and the odd,

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ٤

Wallayli itha yasr

And [by] the night when it passes,

and by the night when it moves away,

هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ٥

Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijr

Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?

-Is there (not) in such an oath (enough assurance) for a man of sense?-

أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ٦

Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAad

Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with ʿAad -

Have you not seen how your Lord dealt with (the people) of ‘Ād

إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ٧

Irama thati alAAimad

[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,

of Iram , the men of tall pillars,

ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ٨

Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albilad

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

the like of whom were never created in the lands,

وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ٩

Wathamooda allatheena jaboo assakhrabilwad

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

and (how He dealt) with (the people of) Thamūd who had carved out the rocks in the Valley (of Qurā),

وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ١٠

WafirAAawna thee al-awtad

And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes?

and with Fir‘aun (Pharaoh), the man of the stakes,

ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ١١

Allatheena taghaw fee albilad

[All of] whom oppressed within the lands

- those who had rebelled in the cities,

فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ١٢

Faaktharoo feeha alfasad

And increased therein the corruption.

and spread a lot of mischief therein.

فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ١٣

Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawtaAAathab

So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.

So, your Lord let loose on them the whip of torment.

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ١٤

Inna rabbaka labilmirsad

Indeed, your Lord is in observation.

Surely your Lord is ever on the watch.

فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ١٥

Faamma al-insanu itha maibtalahu rabbuhu faakramahu wanaAAAAamahu fayaqoolu rabbeeakraman

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."

As for man, when his Lord tests him, and thus gives him honour and bounties, he says, “My Lord has honoured me.”

وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَـٰنَنِ١٦

Waamma itha ma ibtalahufaqadara AAalayhi rizqahu fayaqoolu rabbee ahanan

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

But when he tests him, and thus straitens his provision for him, he says, “My Lord has disgraced me.”

كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ١٧

Kalla bal la tukrimoonaalyateem

No! But you do not honor the orphan

No! But you do not honour the orphan,

وَلَا تَحَـٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ١٨

Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAamialmiskeen

And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.

and do not encourage one another to feed the needy.

وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا١٩

Wata/kuloona atturatha aklanlamma

And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,

And you devour the inheritance with a sweeping gulp,

وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا٢٠

Watuhibboona almala hubbanjamma

And you love wealth with immense love.

and love wealth, an excessive love.

كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا٢١

Kalla itha dukkati al-ardudakkan dakka

No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed

No! When the earth will be crushed thoroughly to be turned into bits,

وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا٢٢

Wajaa rabbuka walmalaku saffansaffa

And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon rank,

and your Lord will come, and the angels as well, lined up in rows,

وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ٢٣

Wajee-a yawma-ithin bijahannamayawma-ithin yatathakkaru al-insanu waannalahu aththikra

And brought [within view], that Day, is Hell - that Day, man will remember, but how [i.e., what good] to him will be the remembrance?

and Jahannam (Hell), on that day, will be brought forward, it will be the day when man will realize the truth, but from where will he take advantage of such realization?

يَقُولُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى٢٤

Yaqoolu ya laytanee qaddamtu lihayatee

He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."

He will say, “O Would that I had sent ahead (some good deeds) for (this) my life!”

فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ٢٥

Fayawma-ithin la yuAAaththibuAAathabahu ahad

So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment,

So no one can punish like He will punish, that day,

وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ٢٦

Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahad

And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers].

nor can anyone shackle like He will shackle.

يَـٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ٢٧

Ya ayyatuha annafsualmutma-inna

[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,

(As for an obedient man, it will be said to him,) “O content soul,

ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً٢٨

IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatanmardiyya

Return to your Lord, well-pleased and pleasing [to Him],

come back to your Lord, well-pleased, well-pleasing.

فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَـٰدِى٢٩

Fadkhulee fee AAibadee

And enter among My [righteous] servants

So, enter among My (special) servants,

وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى٣٠

Wadkhulee jannatee

And enter My Paradise."

and enter My Paradise.”