الفجر

1 I swear by the daybreak,

1 By the dawn

1 Waalfajri

2 And the 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 departs.

4 And [by] the night when it passes,

4 Waallayli itha yasri

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

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

5 Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin

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

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

6 Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin

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

7 [With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,

7 Irama thati alAAimadi

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

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

8 Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi

9 And (with) Samood, who hewed out 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) Firon, the lord of hosts,

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

10 WafirAAawna thee alawtadi

11 Who committed inordinacy in the cities,

11 [All of] whom oppressed within the lands

11 Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi

12 So they made great mischief therein?

12 And increased therein the corruption.

12 Faaktharoo feeha alfasada

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

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

13 Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin

14 Most surely your Lord is watching.

14 Indeed, your Lord is in observation.

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 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 when He tries him (differently), then straitens to him his means of subsistence, he says: My Lord has disgraced 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 you do not honor the orphan,

17 No! But you do not honor the orphan

17 Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema

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

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

18 Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni

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

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

19 Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman

20 And you love wealth with exceeding love.

20 And you love wealth with immense love.

20 Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman

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

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

21 Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan

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

22 And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon 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 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 shall say: O! would that I had sent before for (this) 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 But on that day shall no one chastise with (anything like) His chastisement,

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

25 Fayawmaithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu ahadun

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

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

26 Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun

27 O soul that art at rest!

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

27 Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu

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

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

28 IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan

29 So enter among My servants,

29 And enter among My [righteous] servants

29 Faodkhulee fee AAibadee

30 And enter into My garden.

30 And enter My Paradise."

30 Waodkhulee jannatee