Surah Al-Fajr الفجر

وَٱلۡفَجۡرِ ١

Wal-fajr

By the dawn

وَلَيَالٍ عَشۡرٖ ٢

Walayālin 'ashr

And [by] ten nights¹⁹¹³

وَٱلشَّفۡعِ وَٱلۡوَتۡرِ ٣

Wash-shaf'i wal-watr

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

وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَسۡرِ ٤

Wallayli idhā yasr

And [by] the night when it passes,

هَلۡ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٞ لِّذِي حِجۡرٍ ٥

Hal fī dhālika qasamul lidhī hijr

Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?¹⁹¹⁴

أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَيۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ ٦

Alam tara kayfa fa'ala rabbuka bi'ād

Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with ʿAad -

إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلۡعِمَادِ ٧

Irama dhātil-'imād

[With] Iram¹⁹¹⁵ - who had lofty pillars,¹⁹¹⁶

ٱلَّتِي لَمۡ يُخۡلَقۡ مِثۡلُهَا فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ ٨

Allatī lam yukhlaq mithluhā fil-bilād

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

وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُواْ ٱلصَّخۡرَ بِٱلۡوَادِ ٩

Wathamūdal-ladhīna jābus-sakhra bil-wād

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

وَفِرۡعَوۡنَ ذِي ٱلۡأَوۡتَادِ ١٠

Wafir'awna dhil-awtād

And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes?¹⁹¹⁷

ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ ١١

Alladhīna taghaw fil-bilād

[All of] whom oppressed within the lands

فَأَكۡثَرُواْ فِيهَا ٱلۡفَسَادَ ١٢

Fa aktharū fīhal-fasād

And increased therein the corruption.

فَصَبَّ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّكَ سَوۡطَ عَذَابٍ ١٣

Fasabba 'alayhim rabbuka sawta 'adhāb

So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلۡمِرۡصَادِ ١٤

Inna rabbaka labil-mirsād

Indeed, your Lord is in observation.

فَأَمَّا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبۡتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكۡرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّيٓ أَكۡرَمَنِ ١٥

Fa ammal-insānu idhā mabtalāhu rabbuhū fa akramahū wana''amahū fayaqūlu rabbī akraman

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."¹⁹¹⁸

وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبۡتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيۡهِ رِزۡقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّيٓ أَهَٰنَنِ ١٦

Wa ammā idhā mabtalāhu faqadara 'alayhi rizqahū fayaqūlu rabbī ahānan

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

كَلَّاۖ بَل لَّا تُكۡرِمُونَ ٱلۡيَتِيمَ ١٧

Kallā bal lā tukrimūnal-yatīm

No!¹⁹¹⁹ But you do not honor the orphan

وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينِ ١٨

Walā tahāddūna 'alā ta'āmil-miskīn

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

وَتَأۡكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكۡلٗا لَّمّٗا ١٩

Wata'kulūnat-turātha aklal lammā

And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,¹⁹²⁰

وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡمَالَ حُبّٗا جَمّٗا ٢٠

Watuhibbūnal-māla hubban jammā

And you love wealth with immense love.

كَلَّآۖ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ دَكّٗا دَكّٗا ٢١

Kallā idhā dukkatil-ardu dakkan dakkā

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

وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلۡمَلَكُ صَفّٗا صَفّٗا ٢٢

Wajā'a rabbuka wal-malaku saffan saffā

And your Lord has come¹⁹²¹ and the angels, rank upon rank,

وَجِاْيٓءَ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بِجَهَنَّمَۚ يَوۡمَئِذٖ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ ٢٣

Wajiy'a yawma'idhi bijahannama yawma'idhin yatadhakkarul-insānu wa annā lahudh-dhikrā

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?

يَقُولُ يَٰلَيۡتَنِي قَدَّمۡتُ لِحَيَاتِي ٢٤

Yaqūlu yālaytanī qaddamtu lihayātī

He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."¹⁹²²

فَيَوۡمَئِذٖ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٞ ٢٥

Fayawma'idhil lā yu'addhibu 'adhābahū ahad

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

وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٞ ٢٦

Walā yūthiqu wathāqahū ahad

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

يَٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفۡسُ ٱلۡمُطۡمَئِنَّةُ ٢٧

Yā'ayyatuhan-nafsul-mutma'innah

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

ٱرۡجِعِيٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةٗ مَّرۡضِيَّةٗ ٢٨

Irji'ī ilā rabbiki rādiyatam mardiyyah

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

فَٱدۡخُلِي فِي عِبَٰدِي ٢٩

Fadkhulī fī 'ibādī

And enter among My [righteous] servants

وَٱدۡخُلِي جَنَّتِي ٣٠

Wadkhulī jannatī

And enter My Paradise."