Al Fajr

1 Waalfajri

1 I swear by the daybreak,

2 Walayalin AAashrin

2 And the ten nights,

3 WaalshshafAAi waalwatri

3 And the even and the odd,

4 Waallayli itha yasri

4 And the night when it departs.

5 Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin

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

6 Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin

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

7 Irama thati alAAimadi

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

8 Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi

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

9 Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi

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

10 WafirAAawna thee alawtadi

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

11 Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi

11 Who committed inordinacy in the cities,

12 Faaktharoo feeha alfasada

12 So they made great mischief therein?

13 Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin

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

14 Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi

14 Most surely your Lord is watching.

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

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 Waamma itha ma ibtalahu faqadara AAalayhi rizqahu fayaqoolu rabbee ahanani

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

17 Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema

17 Nay! but you do not honor the orphan,

18 Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni

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

19 Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman

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

20 Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman

20 And you love wealth with exceeding love.

21 Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan

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

22 Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan

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

23 Wajeea yawmaithin bijahannama yawmaithin yatathakkaru alinsanu waanna lahu alththikra

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 Yaqoolu ya laytanee qaddamtu lihayatee

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

25 Fayawmaithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu ahadun

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

26 Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun

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

27 Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu

27 O soul that art at rest!

28 IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan

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

29 Faodkhulee fee AAibadee

29 So enter among My servants,

30 Waodkhulee jannatee

30 And enter into My garden.