Al Fajr

1 Waalfajri

1 By the dawn

2 Walayalin AAashrin

2 And [by] ten nights

3 WaalshshafAAi waalwatri

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

4 Waallayli itha yasri

4 And [by] the night when it passes,

5 Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin

5 Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?

6 Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin

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

7 Irama thati alAAimadi

7 [With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,

8 Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi

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

9 Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi

9 And [with] Thamud, who carved out the rocks in the valley?

10 WafirAAawna thee alawtadi

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

11 Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi

11 [All of] whom oppressed within the lands

12 Faaktharoo feeha alfasada

12 And increased therein the corruption.

13 Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin

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

14 Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi

14 Indeed, your Lord is in observation.

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

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."

16 Waamma itha ma ibtalahu faqadara AAalayhi rizqahu fayaqoolu rabbee ahanani

16 But when He tries him and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated me."

17 Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema

17 No! But you do not honor the orphan

18 Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni

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

19 Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman

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

20 Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman

20 And you love wealth with immense love.

21 Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan

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

22 Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan

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

23 Wajeea yawmaithin bijahannama yawmaithin yatathakkaru alinsanu waanna lahu alththikra

23 And brought [within view], that Day, is Hell - that Day, man will remember, but what good to him will be the remembrance?

24 Yaqoolu ya laytanee qaddamtu lihayatee

24 He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."

25 Fayawmaithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu ahadun

25 So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment,

26 Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun

26 And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers].

27 Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu

27 [To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,

28 IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan

28 Return to your Lord, well - pleased and pleasing [to Him],

29 Faodkhulee fee AAibadee

29 And enter among My [righteous] servants

30 Waodkhulee jannatee

30 And enter My Paradise."