Al-Fajr

Wal-Fajr

By the dawn

Wa layaalin 'ashr

And [by] ten nights

Wash shaf'i wal watr

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

Wallaili izaa yasr

And [by] the night when it passes,

Hal fee zaalika qasamul lizee hijr

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

Alam tara kaifa fa'ala rabbuka bi'aad

Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad -

Iramaa zaatil 'imaad

[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,

Allatee lam yukhlaq misluhaa fil bilaad

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

Wa samoodal lazeena jaabus sakhra bil waad

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

Wa fir'awna zil awtaad

And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? -

Allazeena taghaw fil bilaad

[All of] whom oppressed within the lands

Fa aksaroo feehal fasaad

And increased therein the corruption.

Fasabba 'alaihim Rabbuka sawta 'azaab

So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.

Inna Rabbaka labil mirsaad

Indeed, your Lord is in observation.

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

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."

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

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

Kalla bal laa tukrimooo nal yateem

No! But you do not honor the orphan

Wa laa tahaaaddoona 'alaata'aamil miskeen

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

Wa taakuloonat turaasa aklal lammaa

And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,

Wa tuhibboonal maala hubban jammaa

And you love wealth with immense love.

Kallaaa izaaa dukkatil ardu dakkan dakka

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

Wa jaaa'a Rabbuka wal malaku saffan saffaa

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

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

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

Yaqoolu yaa laitanee qaddamtu lihayaatee

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

Fa Yawma izil laa yu'azzibu 'azaabahooo ahad

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

Wa laa yoosiqu wasaaqa hooo ahad

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

Yaaa ayyatuhan nafsul mutma 'innah

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

Irji'eee ilaa Rabbiki raadiyatam mardiyyah

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

Fadkhulee fee 'ibaadee

And enter among My [righteous] servants