الفجر

1 By the dawn

1 By the break of Day

1 Waalfajri

2 And [by] ten nights

2 By the Nights twice five;

2 Walayalin AAashrin

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

3 By the even and odd (contrasted);

3 WaalshshafAAi waalwatri

4 And [by] the night when it passes,

4 And by the Night when it passeth away; -

4 Waallayli itha yasri

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?

5 Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin

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

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

6 Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin

7 [With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,

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

7 Irama thati alAAimadi

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

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

8 Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi

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? -

9 Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi

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

10 And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?

10 WafirAAawna thee alawtadi

11 [All of] whom oppressed within the lands

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

11 Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi

12 And increased therein the corruption.

12 And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).

12 Faaktharoo feeha alfasada

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

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

13 Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin

14 Indeed, your Lord is in observation.

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

14 Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi

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."

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

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!"

16 Waamma itha ma ibtalahu faqadara AAalayhi rizqahu fayaqoolu rabbee ahanani

17 No! But you do not honor the orphan

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

17 Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema

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

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

18 Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni

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

19 And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,

19 Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman

20 And you love wealth with immense love.

20 And ye love wealth with inordinate love!

20 Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman

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

21 Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,

21 Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan

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

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

22 Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan

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?

23 Wajeea yawmaithin bijahannama yawmaithin yatathakkaru alinsanu waanna lahu alththikra

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!"

24 Yaqoolu ya laytanee qaddamtu lihayatee

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,

25 Fayawmaithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu 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.

26 Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun

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!

27 Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu

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!

28 IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan

29 And enter among My [righteous] servants

29 "Enter thou, then, among My devotees!

29 Faodkhulee fee AAibadee

30 And enter My Paradise."

30 "Yea, enter thou My Heaven!

30 Waodkhulee jannatee