Surah Al-Fajr

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. وَٱلۡفَجۡرِ١

   89:1

   wal-fajri

   By the dawn

2. وَلَيَالٍ عَشۡرٖ٢

   89:2

   walayālin ʿashrin

   And [by] ten nights

3. وَٱلشَّفۡعِ وَٱلۡوَتۡرِ٣

   89:3

   wal-shafʿi wal-watri

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

4. وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَسۡرِ٤

   89:4

   wa-al-layli idhā yasri

   And [by] the night when it passes,

5. هَلۡ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٞ لِّذِي حِجۡرٍ٥

   89:5

   hal fī dhālika qasamun lidhī ḥij'rin

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

6. أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَيۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ٦

   89:6

   alam tara kayfa faʿala rabbuka biʿādin

   Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with ʿAad -

7. إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلۡعِمَادِ٧

   89:7

   irama dhāti l-ʿimādi

   [With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,

8. ٱلَّتِي لَمۡ يُخۡلَقۡ مِثۡلُهَا فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ٨

   89:8

   allatī lam yukh'laq mith'luhā fī l-bilādi

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

9. وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُواْ ٱلصَّخۡرَ بِٱلۡوَادِ٩

   89:9

   wathamūda alladhīna jābū l-ṣakhra bil-wādi

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

10. وَفِرۡعَوۡنَ ذِي ٱلۡأَوۡتَادِ١٠

    89:10

    wafir'ʿawna dhī l-awtādi

    And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes?

11. ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ١١

    89:11

    alladhīna ṭaghaw fī l-bilādi

    [All of] whom oppressed within the lands

12. فَأَكۡثَرُواْ فِيهَا ٱلۡفَسَادَ١٢

    89:12

    fa-aktharū fīhā l-fasāda

    And increased therein the corruption.

13. فَصَبَّ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّكَ سَوۡطَ عَذَابٍ١٣

    89:13

    faṣabba ʿalayhim rabbuka sawṭa ʿadhābin

    So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.

14. إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلۡمِرۡصَادِ١٤

    89:14

    inna rabbaka labil-mir'ṣādi

    Indeed, your Lord is in observation.

15. فَأَمَّا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبۡتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكۡرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّيٓ أَكۡرَمَنِ١٥

    89:15

    fa-ammā l-insānu idhā mā ib'talāhu rabbuhu fa-akramahu wanaʿʿamahu fayaqūlu rabbī akramani

    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. وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبۡتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيۡهِ رِزۡقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّيٓ أَهَٰنَنِ١٦

    89:16

    wa-ammā idhā mā ib'talāhu faqadara ʿalayhi riz'qahu fayaqūlu rabbī ahānani

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

17. كـَلَّاۖ بَل لَّا تُكۡرِمُونَ ٱلۡيَتِيمَ١٧

    89:17

    kallā bal lā tuk'rimūna l-yatīma

    No! But you do not honor the orphan

18. وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينِ١٨

    89:18

    walā taḥāḍḍūna ʿalā ṭaʿāmi l-mis'kīni

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

19. وَتَأۡكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكۡلٗا لَّمّٗا١٩

    89:19

    watakulūna l-turātha aklan lamman

    And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,

20. وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡمَالَ حُبّٗا جَمّٗا٢٠

    89:20

    watuḥibbūna l-māla ḥubban jamman

    And you love wealth with immense love.

21. كـَلَّآۖ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ دَكّٗا دَكّٗا٢١

    89:21

    kallā idhā dukkati l-arḍu dakkan dakkan

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

22. وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلۡمَلَكُ صَفّٗا صَفّٗا٢٢

    89:22

    wajāa rabbuka wal-malaku ṣaffan ṣaffan

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

23. وَجِاْيٓءَ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بِجَهَنَّمَۚ يَوۡمَئِذٖ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ٢٣

    89:23

    wajīa yawma-idhin bijahannama yawma-idhin yatadhakkaru l-insānu wa-annā lahu l-dhik'rā

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

24. يَقُولُ يَٰلَيۡتَنِي قَدَّمۡتُ لِحَيَاتِي٢٤

    89:24

    yaqūlu yālaytanī qaddamtu liḥayātī

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

25. فَيَوۡمَئِذٖ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٞ٢٥

    89:25

    fayawma-idhin lā yuʿadhibu ʿadhābahu aḥadun

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

26. وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٞ٢٦

    89:26

    walā yūthiqu wathāqahu aḥadun

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

27. يَٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفۡسُ ٱلۡمُطۡمَئِنَّةُ٢٧

    89:27

    yāayyatuhā l-nafsu l-muṭ'ma-inatu

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

28. ٱرۡجِعِيٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةٗ مَّرۡضِيَّةٗ٢٨

    89:28

    ir'jiʿī ilā rabbiki rāḍiyatan marḍiyyatan

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

29. فَٱدۡخُلِي فِي عِبَٰدِي٢٩

    89:29

    fa-ud'khulī fī ʿibādī

    And enter among My [righteous] servants

30. وَٱدۡخُلِي جَنَّتِي٣٠

    89:30

    wa-ud'khulī jannatī

    And enter My Paradise."