Surah Fajr — The Dawn

وَٱلْفَجْرِ 89:1

Walfajr

By the Dawn

وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ 89:2

Walayalin AAashr

And ten nights,

وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ 89:3

WashshafAAi walwatr

And the Even and the Odd,

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ 89:4

Wallayli itha yasr

And the night when it departeth,

هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ 89:5

Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijr

There surely is an oath for thinking man.

أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ 89:6

Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAad

Dost thou not consider how thy Lord dealt with (the tribe of) A'ad,

إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ 89:7

Irama thati alAAimad

With many-columned Iram,

ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ 89:8

Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albilad

The like of which was not created in the lands;

وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ 89:9

Wathamooda allatheena jaboo assakhrabilwad

And with (the tribe of) Thamud, who clove the rocks in the valley;

وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ 89:10

WafirAAawna thee al-awtad

And with Pharaoh, firm of might,

ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ 89:11

Allatheena taghaw fee albilad

Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands,

فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ 89:12

Faaktharoo feeha alfasad

And multiplied iniquity therein?

فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ 89:13

Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawtaAAathab

Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment.

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ 89:14

Inna rabbaka labilmirsad

Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful.

فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ 89:15

Faamma al-insanu itha maibtalahu rabbuhu faakramahu wanaAAAAamahu fayaqoolu rabbeeakraman

As for man, whenever his Lord trieth him by honouring him, and is gracious unto him, he saith: My Lord honoureth me.

وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَـٰنَنِ 89:16

Waamma itha ma ibtalahufaqadara AAalayhi rizqahu fayaqoolu rabbee ahanan

But whenever He trieth him by straitening his means of life, he saith: My Lord despiseth me.

كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ 89:17

Kalla bal la tukrimoonaalyateem

Nay, but ye (for your part) honour not the orphan

وَلَا تَحَـٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ 89:18

Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAamialmiskeen

And urge not on the feeding of the poor.

وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا 89:19

Wata/kuloona atturatha aklanlamma

And ye devour heritages with devouring greed.

وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا 89:20

Watuhibboona almala hubbanjamma

And love wealth with abounding love.

كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا 89:21

Kalla itha dukkati al-ardudakkan dakka

Nay, but when the earth is ground to atoms, grinding, grinding,

وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا 89:22

Wajaa rabbuka walmalaku saffansaffa

And thy Lord shall come with angels, rank on rank,

وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ 89:23

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

And hell is brought near that day; on that day man will remember, but how will the remembrance (then avail him)?

يَقُولُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى 89:24

Yaqoolu ya laytanee qaddamtu lihayatee

He will say: Ah, would that I had sent before me (some provision) for my life!

فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ 89:25

Fayawma-ithin la yuAAaththibuAAathabahu ahad

None punisheth as He will punish on that day!

وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ 89:26

Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahad

None bindeth as He then will bind.

يَـٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ 89:27

Ya ayyatuha annafsualmutma-inna

But ah! thou soul at peace!

ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً 89:28

IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatanmardiyya

Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure!

فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَـٰدِى 89:29

Fadkhulee fee AAibadee

Enter thou among My bondmen!

وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى 89:30

Wadkhulee jannatee

Enter thou My Garden!