Surah Al-Fajr

وَالْفَجْرِ 1

By the dawn

وَلَیَالٍ عَشْرٍ 2

And [by] ten nights

وَّالشَّفْعِ وَالْوَتْرِ 3

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

وَالَّیْلِ اِذَا یَسْرِ 4

And [by] the night when it passes,

هَلْ فِیْ ذٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِیْ حِجْرٍ ۟ؕ 5

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

اَلَمْ تَرَ كَیْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ 6

Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with ʿAad -

اِرَمَ ذَاتِ الْعِمَادِ 7

[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,

الَّتِیْ لَمْ یُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِی الْبِلَادِ 8

The likes of whom had never been created in the land?

وَثَمُوْدَ الَّذِیْنَ جَابُوا الصَّخْرَ بِالْوَادِ 9

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

وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِی الْاَوْتَادِ 10

And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes?

الَّذِیْنَ طَغَوْا فِی الْبِلَادِ 11

[All of] whom oppressed within the lands

فَاَكْثَرُوْا فِیْهَا الْفَسَادَ 12

And increased therein the corruption.

فَصَبَّ عَلَیْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ 13

So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.

اِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِالْمِرْصَادِ ۟ؕ 14

Indeed, your Lord is in observation.

فَاَمَّا الْاِنْسَانُ اِذَا مَا ابْتَلٰىهُ رَبُّهٗ فَاَكْرَمَهٗ وَنَعَّمَهٗ ۙ۬ فَیَقُوْلُ رَبِّیْۤ اَكْرَمَنِ ۟ؕ 15

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."

وَاَمَّاۤ اِذَا مَا ابْتَلٰىهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَیْهِ رِزْقَهٗ ۙ۬ فَیَقُوْلُ رَبِّیْۤ اَهَانَنِ 16

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

كَلَّا بَلْ لَّا تُكْرِمُوْنَ الْیَتِیْمَ 17

No! But you do not honor the orphan

وَلَا تَحٰٓضُّوْنَ عَلٰی طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِیْنِ 18

And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.

وَتَاْكُلُوْنَ التُّرَاثَ اَكْلًا لَّمًّا 19

And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,

وَّتُحِبُّوْنَ الْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا ۟ؕ 20

And you love wealth with immense love.

كَلَّاۤ اِذَا دُكَّتِ الْاَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا 21

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

وَّجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَالْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا 22

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

وَجِایْٓءَ یَوْمَىِٕذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۙ۬ یَوْمَىِٕذٍ یَّتَذَكَّرُ الْاِنْسَانُ وَاَنّٰی لَهُ الذِّكْرٰی ۟ؕ 23

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

یَقُوْلُ یٰلَیْتَنِیْ قَدَّمْتُ لِحَیَاتِیْ 24

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

فَیَوْمَىِٕذٍ لَّا یُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهٗۤ اَحَدٌ 25

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

وَّلَا یُوْثِقُ وَثَاقَهٗۤ اَحَدٌ ۟ؕ 26

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

یٰۤاَیَّتُهَا النَّفْسُ الْمُطْمَىِٕنَّةُ 27

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

ارْجِعِیْۤ اِلٰی رَبِّكِ رَاضِیَةً مَّرْضِیَّةً 28

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

فَادْخُلِیْ فِیْ عِبٰدِیْ 29

And enter among My [righteous] servants

وَادْخُلِیْ جَنَّتِیْ 30

And enter My Paradise."