Al-Fajr

Walfajr

By the dawn

Walayalin AAashr

And [by] ten nights

WashshafAAi walwatr

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

Wallayli itha yasr

And [by] the night when it passes,

Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijr

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

Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAad

Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with ʿAad -

Irama thati alAAimad

[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,

Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albilad

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

Wathamooda allatheena jaboo assakhrabilwad

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

WafirAAawna thee al-awtad

And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes?

Allatheena taghaw fee albilad

[All of] whom oppressed within the lands

Faaktharoo feeha alfasad

And increased therein the corruption.

Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawtaAAathab

So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.

Inna rabbaka labilmirsad

Indeed, your Lord is in observation.

Faamma al-insanu itha maibtalahu rabbuhu faakramahu wanaAAAAamahu fayaqoolu rabbeeakraman

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."

Waamma itha ma ibtalahufaqadara AAalayhi rizqahu fayaqoolu rabbee ahanan

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

Kalla bal la tukrimoonaalyateem

No! But you do not honor the orphan

Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAamialmiskeen

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

Wata/kuloona atturatha aklanlamma

And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,

Watuhibboona almala hubbanjamma

And you love wealth with immense love.

Kalla itha dukkati al-ardudakkan dakka

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

Wajaa rabbuka walmalaku saffansaffa

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

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

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?

Yaqoolu ya laytanee qaddamtu lihayatee

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

Fayawma-ithin la yuAAaththibuAAathabahu ahad

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

Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahad

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

Ya ayyatuha annafsualmutma-inna

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

IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatanmardiyya

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

Fadkhulee fee AAibadee

And enter among My [righteous] servants

Wadkhulee jannatee

And enter My Paradise."