الفجر

1 I swear by the daybreak,

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

1 Waalfajri

2 And the ten nights,

2 And ten nights,

2 Walayalin AAashrin

3 And the even and the odd,

3 And the Even and the Odd,

3 WaalshshafAAi waalwatri

4 And the night when it departs.

4 And the night when it departeth,

4 Waallayli itha yasri

5 Truly in that there is an oath for those who possess understanding.

5 There surely is an oath for thinking man.

5 Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin

6 Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with Ad,

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

6 Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin

7 (The people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings,

7 With many - columned Iram,

7 Irama thati alAAimadi

8 The like of which were not created in the (other) cities;

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

8 Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi

9 And (with) Samood, who hewed out the rocks in the valley,

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

9 Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi

10 And (with) Firon, the lord of hosts,

10 And with Pharaoh, firm of might,

10 WafirAAawna thee alawtadi

11 Who committed inordinacy in the cities,

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

11 Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi

12 So they made great mischief therein?

12 And multiplied iniquity therein ?

12 Faaktharoo feeha alfasada

13 Therefore your Lord let down upon them a portion of the chastisement.

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

13 Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin

14 Most surely your Lord is watching.

14 Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful.

14 Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi

15 And as for man, when his Lord tries him, then treats him with honor and makes him lead an easy life, he says: My Lord honors me.

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

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

16 But when He tries him (differently), then straitens to him his means of subsistence, he says: My Lord has disgraced me.

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

16 Waamma itha ma ibtalahu faqadara AAalayhi rizqahu fayaqoolu rabbee ahanani

17 Nay! but you do not honor the orphan,

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

17 Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema

18 Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor,

18 And urge not on the feeding of the poor.

18 Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni

19 And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything) indiscriminately,

19 And ye devour heritages with devouring greed.

19 Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman

20 And you love wealth with exceeding love.

20 And love wealth with abounding love.

20 Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman

21 Nay! when the earth is made to crumble to pieces,

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

21 Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan

22 And your Lord comes and (also) the angels in ranks,

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

22 Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan

23 And hell is made to appear on that day. On that day shall man be mindful, and what shall being mindful (then) avail him?

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

23 Wajeea yawmaithin bijahannama yawmaithin yatathakkaru alinsanu waanna lahu alththikra

24 He shall say: O! would that I had sent before for (this) my life!

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

24 Yaqoolu ya laytanee qaddamtu lihayatee

25 But on that day shall no one chastise with (anything like) His chastisement,

25 None punisheth as He will punish on that day!

25 Fayawmaithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu ahadun

26 And no one shall bind with (anything like) His binding.

26 None bindeth as He then will bind.

26 Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun

27 O soul that art at rest!

27 But ah! thou soul at peace!

27 Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu

28 Return to your Lord, well - pleased (with him), well - pleasing (Him),

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

28 IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan

29 So enter among My servants,

29 Enter thou among My bondmen!

29 Faodkhulee fee AAibadee

30 And enter into My garden.

30 Enter thou My Garden!

30 Waodkhulee jannatee