Al-Fajr

وَٱلْفَجْرِ

Walfajr

By the Daybreak,

وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ

Walayalin AAashr

by the Ten Nights,

وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ

WashshafAAi walwatr

by the even and the odd,

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ

Wallayli itha yasr

by the passing night––

هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ

Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijr

is this oath strong enough for a rational person?

أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ

Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAad

Have you [Prophet] considered how your Lord dealt with [the people] of 'Ad,

إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ

Irama thati alAAimad

of Iram, [the city] of lofty pillars,

ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ

Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albilad

whose like has never been made in any land,

وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ

Wathamooda allatheena jaboo assakhrabilwad

and the Thamud, who hewed into the rocks in the valley,

وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ

WafirAAawna thee al-awtad

and the mighty and powerful Pharaoh?

ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ

Allatheena taghaw fee albilad

All of them committed excesses in their lands,

فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ

Faaktharoo feeha alfasad

and spread corruption there:

فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ

Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawtaAAathab

your Lord let a scourge of punishment loose on them.

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ

Inna rabbaka labilmirsad

Your Lord is always watchful.

فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ

Faamma al-insanu itha maibtalahu rabbuhu faakramahu wanaAAAAamahu fayaqoolu rabbeeakraman

[The nature of] man is that, when his Lord tries him through honour and blessings, he says, ‘My Lord has honoured me,’

وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَـٰنَنِ

Waamma itha ma ibtalahufaqadara AAalayhi rizqahu fayaqoolu rabbee ahanan

but when He tries him through the restriction of his provision, he says, ‘My Lord has humiliated me.’

كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ

Kalla bal la tukrimoonaalyateem

No indeed! You [people] do not honour orphans,

وَلَا تَحَـٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ

Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAamialmiskeen

you do not urge one another to feed the poor,

وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا

Wata/kuloona atturatha aklanlamma

you consume inheritance greedily,

وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا

Watuhibboona almala hubbanjamma

and you love wealth with a passion.

كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا

Kalla itha dukkati al-ardudakkan dakka

No indeed! When the earth is pounded to dust, pounded and pounded,

وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا

Wajaa rabbuka walmalaku saffansaffa

when your Lord comes with the angels, rank upon rank,

وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ

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

when Hell is that Day brought near- on that Day man will take heed, but what good will that be to him then?

يَقُولُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى

Yaqoolu ya laytanee qaddamtu lihayatee

He will say, ‘Would that I had provided for this life to come!’

فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

Fayawma-ithin la yuAAaththibuAAathabahu ahad

On that Day, no one will punish as He punishes,

وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahad

and no one will bind as He binds.

يَـٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ

Ya ayyatuha annafsualmutma-inna

‘[But] you, soul at peace:

ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً

IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatanmardiyya

return to your Lord well pleased and well pleasing;

فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَـٰدِى

Fadkhulee fee AAibadee

go in among My servants;

وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى

Wadkhulee jannatee

and into My Garden.’