Al Fajr

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

1 By the break of Day

1 Waalfajri

2 And ten nights,

2 By the Nights twice five;

2 Walayalin AAashrin

3 And the Even and the Odd,

3 By the even and odd (contrasted);

3 WaalshshafAAi waalwatri

4 And the night when it departeth,

4 And by the Night when it passeth away; -

4 Waallayli itha yasri

5 There surely is an oath for thinking man.

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

5 Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin

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

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

6 Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin

7 With many - columned Iram,

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

7 Irama thati alAAimadi

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

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

8 Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi

9 And with (the tribe of) Thamud, who clove 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, firm of might,

10 And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?

10 WafirAAawna thee alawtadi

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

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

11 Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi

12 And multiplied iniquity therein ?

12 And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).

12 Faaktharoo feeha alfasada

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

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

13 Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin

14 Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful.

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

14 Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi

15 As for man, whenever his Lord trieth him by honouring him, and is gracious unto him, he saith: My Lord honoureth 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 whenever He trieth him by straitening his means of life, he saith: My Lord despiseth 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 Nay, but ye (for your part) honour not the orphan

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

17 Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema

18 And urge not on the feeding of the poor.

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

18 Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni

19 And ye devour heritages with devouring greed.

19 And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,

19 Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman

20 And love wealth with abounding love.

20 And ye love wealth with inordinate love!

20 Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman

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

21 Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,

21 Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan

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

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

22 Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan

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

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: Ah, would that I had sent before me (some provision) 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 None punisheth as He will punish on that day!

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

25 Fayawmaithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu ahadun

26 None bindeth as He then will bind.

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

26 Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun

27 But ah! thou soul at peace!

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

27 Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu

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

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

28 IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan

29 Enter thou among My bondmen!

29 "Enter thou, then, among My devotees!

29 Faodkhulee fee AAibadee

30 Enter thou My Garden!

30 "Yea, enter thou My Heaven!

30 Waodkhulee jannatee