الفجر

1 By the dawn

1 Waalfajri

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

2 And [by] ten nights

2 Walayalin AAashrin

2 And ten nights,

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

3 WaalshshafAAi waalwatri

3 And the Even and the Odd,

4 And [by] the night when it passes,

4 Waallayli itha yasri

4 And the night when it departeth,

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

5 Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin

5 There surely is an oath for thinking man.

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

6 Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin

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

7 [With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,

7 Irama thati alAAimadi

7 With many - columned Iram,

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

8 Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi

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

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

9 Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi

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

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

10 WafirAAawna thee alawtadi

10 And with Pharaoh, firm of might,

11 [All of] whom oppressed within the lands

11 Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi

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

12 And increased therein the corruption.

12 Faaktharoo feeha alfasada

12 And multiplied iniquity therein ?

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

13 Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin

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

14 Indeed, your Lord is in observation.

14 Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi

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 Faamma alinsanu itha ma ibtalahu rabbuhu faakramahu wanaAAAAamahu fayaqoolu rabbee akramani

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 Waamma itha ma ibtalahu faqadara AAalayhi rizqahu fayaqoolu rabbee ahanani

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 Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema

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

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

18 Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni

18 And urge not on the feeding of the poor.

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

19 Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman

19 And ye devour heritages with devouring greed.

20 And you love wealth with immense love.

20 Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman

20 And love wealth with abounding love.

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

21 Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan

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 Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan

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 Wajeea yawmaithin bijahannama yawmaithin yatathakkaru alinsanu waanna lahu alththikra

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 Yaqoolu ya laytanee qaddamtu lihayatee

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 Fayawmaithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu ahadun

25 None punisheth as He will punish on that day!

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

26 Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun

26 None bindeth as He then will bind.

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

27 Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu

27 But ah! thou soul at peace!

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

28 IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan

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

29 And enter among My [righteous] servants

29 Faodkhulee fee AAibadee

29 Enter thou among My bondmen!

30 And enter My Paradise."

30 Waodkhulee jannatee

30 Enter thou My Garden!