الفجر

1 By the break of Day

1 I swear by the daybreak,

2 By the Nights twice five;

2 And the ten nights,

3 By the even and odd (contrasted);

3 And the even and the odd,

4 And by the Night when it passeth away; -

4 And the night when it departs.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10 And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?

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

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

11 Who committed inordinacy in the cities,

12 And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).

12 So they made great mischief therein?

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

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

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

14 Most surely your Lord is watching.

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 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.

16 But when He trieth him, restricting his subsistence for him, then saith he (in despair), "My Lord hath humiliated me!"

16 But when He tries him (differently), then straitens to him his means of subsistence, he says: My Lord has disgraced me.

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

17 Nay! but you do not honor the orphan,

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

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

19 And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,

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

20 And ye love wealth with inordinate love!

20 And you love wealth with exceeding love.

21 Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,

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

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

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

23 And Hell, that Day, is brought (face to face), - on that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance profit him?

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?

24 He will say: "Ah! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my (Future) Life!"

24 He shall say: O! would that I had sent before for (this) my life!

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

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

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

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

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

27 O soul that art at rest!

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

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

29 "Enter thou, then, among My devotees!

29 So enter among My servants,

30 "Yea, enter thou My Heaven!

30 And enter into My garden.