الفجر

1 By the dawn

1 I swear by the daybreak,

2 And [by] ten nights

2 And the ten nights,

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

3 And the even and the odd,

4 And [by] the night when it passes,

4 And the night when it departs.

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

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

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

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

7 [With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11 [All of] whom oppressed within the lands

11 Who committed inordinacy in the cities,

12 And increased therein the corruption.

12 So they made great mischief therein?

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

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

14 Indeed, your Lord is in observation.

14 Most surely your Lord is watching.

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."

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

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

17 No! But you do not honor the orphan

17 Nay! but you do not honor the orphan,

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

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

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

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

20 And you love wealth with immense love.

20 And you love wealth with exceeding love.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

27 O soul that art at rest!

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

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

29 And enter among My [righteous] servants

29 So enter among My servants,

30 And enter My Paradise."

30 And enter into My garden.