Surah Al-Fajr

وَٱلۡفَجۡرِ ﴿١﴾

Waalfajri

By the dawn

وَلَيَالٍ عَشۡرٖ ﴿٢﴾

Walayalin ʿashrin

And [by] ten nights

وَٱلشَّفۡعِ وَٱلۡوَتۡرِ ﴿٣﴾

Waalshshafʿi waalwatri

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

وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَسۡرِ ﴿٤﴾

Waallayli itha yasri

And [by] the night when it passes

هَلۡ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٞ لِّذِي حِجۡرٍ ﴿٥﴾

Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin

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

أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَيۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ ﴿٦﴾

Alam tara kayfa faʿala rabbuka biʿadin

Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad

إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلۡعِمَادِ ﴿٧﴾

Irama thati alʿimadi

[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars

ٱلَّتِي لَمۡ يُخۡلَقۡ مِثۡلُهَا فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ ﴿٨﴾

Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi

The likes of whom had never been created in the land

وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُواْ ٱلصَّخۡرَ بِٱلۡوَادِ ﴿٩﴾

Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi

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

وَفِرۡعَوۡنَ ذِي ٱلۡأَوۡتَادِ ﴿١٠﴾

Wafirʿawna thee alawtadi

And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes

ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ ﴿١١﴾

Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi

[All of] whom oppressed within the lands

فَأَكۡثَرُواْ فِيهَا ٱلۡفَسَادَ ﴿١٢﴾

Faaktharoo feeha alfasada

And increased therein the corruption

فَصَبَّ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّكَ سَوۡطَ عَذَابٍ ﴿١٣﴾

Fasabba ʿalayhim rabbuka sawta ʿathabin

So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلۡمِرۡصَادِ ﴿١٤﴾

Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi

Indeed, your Lord is in observation

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

Faamma alinsanu itha ma ibtalahu rabbuhu faakramahu wanaʿʿamahu fayaqoolu rabbee akramani

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

وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبۡتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيۡهِ رِزۡقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّيٓ أَهَٰنَنِ ﴿١٦﴾

Waamma itha ma ibtalahu faqadara ʿalayhi rizqahu fayaqoolu rabbee ahanani

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

كَلَّاۖ بَل لَّا تُكۡرِمُونَ ٱلۡيَتِيمَ ﴿١٧﴾

Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema

No! But you do not honor the orphan

وَلَا تَحَـٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينِ ﴿١٨﴾

Wala tahaddoona ʿala taʿami almiskeeni

And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor

وَتَأۡكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكۡلٗا لَّمّٗا ﴿١٩﴾

Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman

And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether

وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡمَالَ حُبّٗا جَمّٗا ﴿٢٠﴾

Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman

And you love wealth with immense love

كَلَّآۖ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ دَكّٗا دَكّٗا ﴿٢١﴾

Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan

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

وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلۡمَلَكُ صَفّٗا صَفّٗا ﴿٢٢﴾

Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan

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

وَجِاْيٓءَ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بِجَهَنَّمَۚ يَوۡمَئِذٖ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ ﴿٢٣﴾

Wajeea yawmaithin bijahannama yawmaithin yatathakkaru alinsanu waanna lahu alththikra

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

يَقُولُ يَٰلَيۡتَنِي قَدَّمۡتُ لِحَيَاتِي ﴿٢٤﴾

Yaqoolu ya laytanee qaddamtu lihayatee

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

فَيَوۡمَئِذٖ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٞ ﴿٢٥﴾

Fayawmaithin la yuʿaththibu ʿathabahu ahadun

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

وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٞ ﴿٢٦﴾

Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun

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

يَـٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفۡسُ ٱلۡمُطۡمَئِنَّةُ ﴿٢٧﴾

Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu

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

ٱرۡجِعِيٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةٗ مَّرۡضِيَّةٗ ﴿٢٨﴾

Irjiʿee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan

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

فَٱدۡخُلِي فِي عِبَٰدِي ﴿٢٩﴾

Faodkhulee fee ʿibadee

And enter among My [righteous] servants

وَٱدۡخُلِي جَنَّتِي ﴿٣٠﴾

Waodkhulee jannatee

And enter My Paradise