Surah Al-Fajr – The Dawn

وَٱلْفَجْرِ

Wal-Fajr

By the break of Day

وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍۢ

Wa layaalin 'ashr

By the Nights twice five;

وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ

Wash shaf'i wal watr

By the even and odd (contrasted);

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ

Wallaili izaa yasr

And by the Night when it passeth away;-

هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌۭ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ

Hal fee zaalika qasamul lizee hijr

Is there (not) in these an adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand?

أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ

Alam tara kaifa fa'ala rabbuka bi'aad

Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad (people),-

إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ

Iramaa zaatil 'imaad

Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,

ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ

Allatee lam yukhlaq misluhaa fil bilaad

The like of which were not produced in (all) the land?

وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ

Wa samoodal lazeena jaabus sakhra bil waad

And with the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley?-

وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ

Wa fir'awna zil awtaad

And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?

ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ

Allazeena taghaw fil bilaad

(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,

فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ

Fa aksaroo feehal fasaad

And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).

فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ

Fasabba 'alaihim Rabbuka sawta 'azaab

Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements:

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ

Inna Rabbaka labil mirsaad

For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch-tower.

فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ

Fa ammal insaanu izaa mab talaahu Rabbuhoo fa akramahoo wa na' 'amahoo fa yaqoolu Rabbeee akraman

Now, as for man, when his Lord trieth him, giving him honour and gifts, then saith he, (puffed up), "My Lord hath honoured me."

وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَٰنَنِ

Wa ammaaa izaa mabtalaahu faqadara 'alaihi rizqahoo fa yaqoolu Rabbeee ahaanan

But when He trieth him, restricting his subsistence for him, then saith he (in despair), "My Lord hath humiliated me!"

كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ

Kalla bal laa tukrimooo nal yateem

Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!

وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ

Wa laa tahaaaddoona 'alaata'aamil miskeen

Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor!-

وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًۭا لَّمًّۭا

Wa taakuloonat turaasa aklal lammaa

And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,

وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّۭا جَمًّۭا

Wa tuhibboonal maala hubban jammaa

And ye love wealth with inordinate love!

كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّۭا دَكًّۭا

Kallaaa izaaa dukkatil ardu dakkan dakka

Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,

وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّۭا صَفًّۭا

Wa jaaa'a Rabbuka wal malaku saffan saffaa

And thy Lord cometh, and His angels, rank upon rank,

وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ

Wa jeee'a yawma'izim bi jahannnam; Yawma 'iziny yatazakkarul insaanu wa annaa lahuz zikraa

And Hell, that Day, is brought (face to face),- on that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance profit him?

يَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى

Yaqoolu yaa laitanee qaddamtu lihayaatee

He will say: "Ah! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my (Future) Life!"

فَيَوْمَئِذٍۢ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌۭ

Fa Yawma izil laa yu'azzibu 'azaabahooo ahad

For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict,

وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌۭ

Wa laa yoosiqu wasaaqa hooo ahad

And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.

يَٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ

Yaaa ayyatuhan nafsul mutma 'innah

(To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction!

ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةًۭ مَّرْضِيَّةًۭ

Irji'eee ilaa Rabbiki raadiyatam mardiyyah

"Come back thou to thy Lord,- well pleased (thyself), and well-pleasing unto Him!

فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَٰدِى

Fadkhulee fee 'ibaadee

"Enter thou, then, among My devotees!

وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى

Wadkhulee jannatee

"Yea, enter thou My Heaven!