Al Fajr

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

1 In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the dawn;

Saheeh International

1 By the dawn

Transliteration

1 Waalfajri

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

2 By the ten nights (i.e. the first ten days of the month of Dhul-Hijjah) ,

Saheeh International

2 And [by] ten nights

Transliteration

2 Walayalin AAashrin

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

3 And by the even and the odd (of all the creations of Allah).

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

3 WaalshshafAAi waalwatri

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

4 And by the night when it departs.

Saheeh International

4 And [by] the night when it passes,

Transliteration

4 Waallayli itha yasri

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

5 There is indeed in them (the above oaths) sufficient proofs for men of understanding (and that, they should avoid all kinds of sins and disbeliefs)!

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

5 Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

6 Saw you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) not how your Lord dealt with 'Ad (people)

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

6 Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

7 Of Iram (who were very tall) like (lofty) pillars,

Saheeh International

7 [With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,

Transliteration

7 Irama thati alAAimadi

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

8 The like of which were not created in the land?

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

8 Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

9 And (with) Thamud (people), who hewed out rocks in the valley (to make dwellings)?

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

9 Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

10 And (with) Fir'aun (Pharaoh) who had the stakes (to torture men by binding them to the stakes)?

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

10 WafirAAawna thee alawtadi

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

11 Who did transgress beyond bounds in the lands (in the disobedience of Allah).

Saheeh International

11 [All of] whom oppressed within the lands

Transliteration

11 Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

12 And made therein much mischief.

Saheeh International

12 And increased therein the corruption.

Transliteration

12 Faaktharoo feeha alfasada

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

13 So your Lord poured on them different kinds of severe torment.

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

13 Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

14 Verily, your Lord is Ever Watchful (over them).

Saheeh International

14 Indeed, your Lord is in observation.

Transliteration

14 Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

15 As for man, when his Lord tries him by giving him honour and bounties, then he says (in exultation): "My Lord has honoured me."

Saheeh International

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."

Transliteration

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

16 But when He tries him by straitening his means of life, he says: "My Lord has humiliated me!"

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

16 Waamma itha ma ibtalahu faqadara AAalayhi rizqahu fayaqoolu rabbee ahanani

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

17 Nay! But you treat not the orphans with kindness and generosity (i.e. you neither treat them well, nor give them their exact right of inheritance)!

Saheeh International

17 No! But you do not honor the orphan

Transliteration

17 Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

18 And urge not one another on the feeding of Al-Miskin (the poor)!

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

18 Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

19 And you devour the inheritance all with greed.

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

19 Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

20 And you love wealth with much love.

Saheeh International

20 And you love wealth with immense love.

Transliteration

20 Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

21 Nay! When the earth is ground to powder.

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

21 Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

22 And your Lord comes with the angels in rows.

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

22 Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

23 And Hell will be brought near that Day. On that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance (then) avail him?

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

23 Wajeea yawmaithin bijahannama yawmaithin yatathakkaru alinsanu waanna lahu alththikra

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

24 Yaqoolu ya laytanee qaddamtu lihayatee

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

25 So on that Day none will punish as He will punish.

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

25 Fayawmaithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu ahadun

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

26 And none will bind (the wicked, disbelievers and polytheists) as He will bind.

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

26 Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

27 (It will be said to the pious believers of Islamic Monotheism): "O (you) the one in (complete) rest and satisfaction!

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

27 Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

28 "Come back to your Lord well-pleased (yourself) and well-pleasing (unto Him)!

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

28 IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

29 "Enter you then among My (honoured) slaves,

Saheeh International

29 And enter among My [righteous] servants

Transliteration

29 Faodkhulee fee AAibadee

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

30 "And enter you My Paradise!"

Saheeh International

30 And enter My Paradise."

Transliteration

30 Waodkhulee jannatee