الفجر

1 I swear by the daybreak,

1 By the dawn

2 And the ten nights,

2 And [by] ten nights

3 And the even and the odd,

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

4 And the night when it departs.

4 And [by] the night when it passes,

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?

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

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

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

7 [With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,

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

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

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

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

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

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

11 Who committed inordinacy in the cities,

11 [All of] whom oppressed within the lands

12 So they made great mischief therein?

12 And increased therein the corruption.

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

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

14 Most surely your Lord is watching.

14 Indeed, your Lord is in observation.

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."

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."

17 Nay! but you do not honor the orphan,

17 No! But you do not honor the orphan

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

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

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

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

20 And you love wealth with exceeding love.

20 And you love wealth with immense love.

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

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

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

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

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?

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."

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,

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

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

27 O soul that art at rest!

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

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

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

29 So enter among My servants,

29 And enter among My [righteous] servants

30 And enter into My garden.

30 And enter My Paradise."