الفجر

1 By the dawn

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

2 And [by] ten nights

2 And ten nights,

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

3 And the Even and the Odd,

4 And [by] the night when it passes,

4 And the night when it departeth,

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

5 There surely is an oath for thinking man.

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

6 Dost thou not consider how thy Lord dealt with (the tribe of) A'ad,

7 [With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,

7 With many - columned Iram,

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

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

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

9 And with (the tribe of) Thamud, who clove the rocks in the valley;

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

10 And with Pharaoh, firm of might,

11 [All of] whom oppressed within the lands

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

12 And increased therein the corruption.

12 And multiplied iniquity therein ?

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

13 Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment.

14 Indeed, your Lord is in observation.

14 Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful.

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 As for man, whenever his Lord trieth him by honouring him, and is gracious unto him, he saith: My Lord honoureth me.

16 But when He tries him and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated me."

16 But whenever He trieth him by straitening his means of life, he saith: My Lord despiseth me.

17 No! But you do not honor the orphan

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

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

18 And urge not on the feeding of the poor.

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

19 And ye devour heritages with devouring greed.

20 And you love wealth with immense love.

20 And love wealth with abounding love.

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

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

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

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

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 is brought near that day; on that day man will remember, but how will the remembrance (then avail him) ?

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 before me (some provision) for my life!

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

25 None punisheth as He will punish on that day!

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

26 None bindeth as He then will bind.

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

27 But ah! thou soul at peace!

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

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

29 And enter among My [righteous] servants

29 Enter thou among My bondmen!

30 And enter My Paradise."

30 Enter thou My Garden!