الفجر

1 Waalfajri

1 I swear by the daybreak,

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

2 Walayalin AAashrin

2 And the ten nights,

2 And ten nights,

3 WaalshshafAAi waalwatri

3 And the even and the odd,

3 And the Even and the Odd,

4 Waallayli itha yasri

4 And the night when it departs.

4 And the night when it departeth,

5 Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin

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

5 There surely is an oath for thinking man.

6 Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin

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,

7 Irama thati alAAimadi

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

7 With many - columned Iram,

8 Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi

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

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

9 Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi

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;

10 WafirAAawna thee alawtadi

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

10 And with Pharaoh, firm of might,

11 Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi

11 Who committed inordinacy in the cities,

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

12 Faaktharoo feeha alfasada

12 So they made great mischief therein?

12 And multiplied iniquity therein ?

13 Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin

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.

14 Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi

14 Most surely your Lord is watching.

14 Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful.

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

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.

16 Waamma itha ma ibtalahu faqadara AAalayhi rizqahu fayaqoolu rabbee ahanani

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.

17 Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema

17 Nay! but you do not honor the orphan,

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

18 Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni

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

18 And urge not on the feeding of the poor.

19 Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman

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

19 And ye devour heritages with devouring greed.

20 Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman

20 And you love wealth with exceeding love.

20 And love wealth with abounding love.

21 Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan

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

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

22 Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan

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

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

23 Wajeea yawmaithin bijahannama yawmaithin yatathakkaru alinsanu waanna lahu alththikra

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) ?

24 Yaqoolu ya laytanee qaddamtu lihayatee

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!

25 Fayawmaithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu ahadun

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

25 None punisheth as He will punish on that day!

26 Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun

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

26 None bindeth as He then will bind.

27 Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu

27 O soul that art at rest!

27 But ah! thou soul at peace!

28 IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan

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

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

29 Faodkhulee fee AAibadee

29 So enter among My servants,

29 Enter thou among My bondmen!

30 Waodkhulee jannatee

30 And enter into My garden.

30 Enter thou My Garden!