The DawnAl-Fajrالفجر

وَٱلْفَجْرِ

By the dawn,

وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ

and the ten nights¹,

وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ

and the even and the odd²,

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ

and by the night when it comes,

هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ

are these oaths not sufficient for those who have sense?

أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ

Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with ‘Ād

إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ

of Iram³, who were people of great stature,

ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ

the like of whom had never been created in the land;

وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ

and Thamūd, who carved out the rocks in the Valley;

وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ

and the mighty and powerful⁴ Pharaoh?

ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ

All of them transgressed in the land,

فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ

and spread therein much corruption,

فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ

so your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ

Indeed, your Lord is ever vigilant.

فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ

As for man, when he is tested by his Lord by honoring him and bestowing blessings upon him, he says, “My Lord has [deservedly] honored me⁵!”

وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَٰنَنِ

But when he is tested by restricting his provision, he says, “My Lord has [undeservedly] humiliated me!”

كَلَّا بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ

No indeed⁶! You are not kind to the orphan,

وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ

nor do you urge one another to feed the needy,

وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا

and you greedily consume the entire inheritance⁷,

وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا

and love wealth immensely.

كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا

No indeed! When the earth is crushed over and over,

وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا

and your Lord comes⁸ with the angels, rank after rank,

وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ

and Hell is brought near on that Day – this is when man will understand, but what is the use of that understanding?

يَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى

He will say, “Would that I had sent forth something for my [eternal] life!”

فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

None can punish as He punishes on that Day,

وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

and none can bind as He binds.

يَٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ

[It will be said to the believer,] “O the tranquil soul!

ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً

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

فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَٰدِى

Join My [righteous] slaves,