Al-Fajr
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلْفَجْرِ
English Translation:
By the dawn
وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ
English Translation:
And [by] ten nights
وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ
English Translation:
And [by] the even [number] and the odd
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ
English Translation:
And [by] the night when it passes
هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ
English Translation:
Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
English Translation:
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad
إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ
English Translation:
[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars
ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ
English Translation:
The likes of whom had never been created in the land
وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ
English Translation:
And [with] Thamud, who carved out the rocks in the valley
وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ
English Translation:
And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes
ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ
English Translation:
[All of] whom oppressed within the lands
فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ
English Translation:
And increased therein the corruption
فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ
English Translation:
So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ
English Translation:
Indeed, your Lord is in observation
فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ
English Translation:
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 ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَٰنَنِ
English Translation:
But when He tries him and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated me
كَلَّا بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ
English Translation:
No! But you do not honor the orphan
وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ
English Translation:
And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor
وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا
English Translation:
And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether
وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا
English Translation:
And you love wealth with immense love
كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا
English Translation:
No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed
وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا
English Translation:
And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon rank
وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ
English Translation:
And brought [within view], that Day, is Hell - that Day, man will remember, but what good to him will be the remembrance
يَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى
English Translation:
He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
English Translation:
So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment
وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
English Translation:
And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers]
يَٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ
English Translation:
[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul
ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً
English Translation:
Return to your Lord, well-pleased and pleasing [to Him]
فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَٰدِى
English Translation:
And enter among My [righteous] servants
وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى
English Translation:
And enter My Paradise