الفجر

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the Dawn

1 By the dawn

1 Waalfajri

2 And ten nights,

2 And [by] ten nights

2 Walayalin AAashrin

3 And the Even and the Odd,

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

3 WaalshshafAAi waalwatri

4 And the night when it departeth,

4 And [by] the night when it passes,

4 Waallayli itha yasri

5 There surely is an oath for thinking man.

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

5 Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin

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

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

6 Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin

7 With many - columned Iram,

7 [With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,

7 Irama thati alAAimadi

8 The like of which was not created in the lands;

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

8 Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi

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

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

9 Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi

10 And with Pharaoh, firm of might,

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

10 WafirAAawna thee alawtadi

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

11 [All of] whom oppressed within the lands

11 Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi

12 And multiplied iniquity therein ?

12 And increased therein the corruption.

12 Faaktharoo feeha alfasada

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

13 So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.

13 Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin

14 Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful.

14 Indeed, your Lord is in observation.

14 Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi

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

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."

15 Faamma alinsanu itha ma ibtalahu rabbuhu faakramahu wanaAAAAamahu fayaqoolu rabbee akramani

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

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

16 Waamma itha ma ibtalahu faqadara AAalayhi rizqahu fayaqoolu rabbee ahanani

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

17 No! But you do not honor the orphan

17 Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema

18 And urge not on the feeding of the poor.

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

18 Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni

19 And ye devour heritages with devouring greed.

19 And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,

19 Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman

20 And love wealth with abounding love.

20 And you love wealth with immense love.

20 Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman

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

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

21 Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan

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

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

22 Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan

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

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

23 Wajeea yawmaithin bijahannama yawmaithin yatathakkaru alinsanu waanna lahu alththikra

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

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

24 Yaqoolu ya laytanee qaddamtu lihayatee

25 None punisheth as He will punish on that day!

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

25 Fayawmaithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu ahadun

26 None bindeth as He then will bind.

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

26 Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun

27 But ah! thou soul at peace!

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

27 Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu

28 Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure!

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

28 IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan

29 Enter thou among My bondmen!

29 And enter among My [righteous] servants

29 Faodkhulee fee AAibadee

30 Enter thou My Garden!

30 And enter My Paradise."

30 Waodkhulee jannatee