الفجر

1 Waalfajri

1 I swear by the daybreak,

1 By the break of Day

2 Walayalin AAashrin

2 And the ten nights,

2 By the Nights twice five;

3 WaalshshafAAi waalwatri

3 And the even and the odd,

3 By the even and odd (contrasted);

4 Waallayli itha yasri

4 And the night when it departs.

4 And by the Night when it passeth away; -

5 Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin

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

5 Is there (not) in these an adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand?

6 Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin

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

6 Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad (people), -

7 Irama thati alAAimadi

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

7 Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,

8 Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi

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

8 The like of which were not produced in (all) the land?

9 Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi

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

9 And with the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley? -

10 WafirAAawna thee alawtadi

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

10 And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?

11 Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi

11 Who committed inordinacy in the cities,

11 (All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,

12 Faaktharoo feeha alfasada

12 So they made great mischief therein?

12 And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).

13 Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin

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

13 Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements:

14 Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi

14 Most surely your Lord is watching.

14 For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch - tower.

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 Now, as for man, when his Lord trieth him, giving him honour and gifts, then saith he, (puffed up), "My Lord hath honoured 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 when He trieth him, restricting his subsistence for him, then saith he (in despair), "My Lord hath humiliated me!"

17 Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema

17 Nay! but you do not honor the orphan,

17 Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!

18 Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni

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

18 Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor! -

19 Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman

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

19 And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,

20 Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman

20 And you love wealth with exceeding love.

20 And ye love wealth with inordinate love!

21 Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan

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

21 Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,

22 Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan

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

22 And thy Lord cometh, and His angels, rank upon 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, that Day, is brought (face to face), - on that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance profit 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 forth (good deeds) for (this) my (Future) Life!"

25 Fayawmaithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu ahadun

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

25 For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict,

26 Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun

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

26 And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.

27 Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu

27 O soul that art at rest!

27 (To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction!

28 IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan

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

28 "Come back thou to thy Lord, - well pleased (thyself), and well - pleasing unto Him!

29 Faodkhulee fee AAibadee

29 So enter among My servants,

29 "Enter thou, then, among My devotees!

30 Waodkhulee jannatee

30 And enter into My garden.

30 "Yea, enter thou My Heaven!