Al Fajr

1 I swear by the daybreak,

1 Waalfajri

2 And the ten nights,

2 Walayalin AAashrin

3 And the even and the odd,

3 WaalshshafAAi waalwatri

4 And the night when it departs.

4 Waallayli itha yasri

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

5 Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin

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

6 Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin

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

7 Irama thati alAAimadi

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

8 Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi

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

9 Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi

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

10 WafirAAawna thee alawtadi

11 Who committed inordinacy in the cities,

11 Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi

12 So they made great mischief therein?

12 Faaktharoo feeha alfasada

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

13 Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin

14 Most surely your Lord is watching.

14 Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi

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.

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

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

16 Waamma itha ma ibtalahu faqadara AAalayhi rizqahu fayaqoolu rabbee ahanani

17 Nay! but you do not honor the orphan,

17 Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema

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

18 Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni

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

19 Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman

20 And you love wealth with exceeding love.

20 Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman

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

21 Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan

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

22 Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan

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?

23 Wajeea yawmaithin bijahannama yawmaithin yatathakkaru alinsanu waanna lahu alththikra

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

24 Yaqoolu ya laytanee qaddamtu lihayatee

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

25 Fayawmaithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu ahadun

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

26 Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun

27 O soul that art at rest!

27 Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu

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

28 IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan

29 So enter among My servants,

29 Faodkhulee fee AAibadee

30 And enter into My garden.

30 Waodkhulee jannatee