الفجر

1 Waalfajri

1 By the dawn

1 By the break of Day

2 Walayalin AAashrin

2 And [by] ten nights

2 By the Nights twice five;

3 WaalshshafAAi waalwatri

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

3 By the even and odd (contrasted);

4 Waallayli itha yasri

4 And [by] the night when it passes,

4 And by the Night when it passeth away; -

5 Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin

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

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 'Aad -

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

7 Irama thati alAAimadi

7 [With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,

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

8 Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi

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

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

9 Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi

9 And [with] Thamud, who carved 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] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? -

10 And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?

11 Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi

11 [All of] whom oppressed within the lands

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

12 Faaktharoo feeha alfasada

12 And increased therein the corruption.

12 And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).

13 Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin

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

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

14 Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi

14 Indeed, your Lord is in observation.

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 and [thus] is generous to him and favors him, he says, "My Lord has honored 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 and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated 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 No! But you do not honor the orphan

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

18 Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni

18 And you do not encourage 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 consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,

19 And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,

20 Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman

20 And you love wealth with immense love.

20 And ye love wealth with inordinate love!

21 Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan

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

21 Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,

22 Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan

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

22 And thy Lord cometh, and His angels, rank upon rank,

23 Wajeea yawmaithin bijahannama yawmaithin yatathakkaru alinsanu waanna lahu alththikra

23 And brought [within view], that Day, is Hell - that Day, man will remember, but what good to him will be the remembrance?

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 will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for 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 So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment,

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

26 Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun

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

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

27 Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu

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

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 and pleasing [to Him],

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

29 Faodkhulee fee AAibadee

29 And enter among My [righteous] servants

29 "Enter thou, then, among My devotees!

30 Waodkhulee jannatee

30 And enter My Paradise."

30 "Yea, enter thou My Heaven!