Al-Fajr الفجر

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالْفَجْرِ

bismillah ar-rahman ar-rahim wal-fajr

By the dawn

وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ

wa-layalin 'ashr

And [by] ten nights

وَالشَّفْعِ وَالْوَتْرِ

wash-shaf' wal-watr

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

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ

wal-layl idha yasr

And [by] the night when it passes,

هَلْ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِي حِجْرٍ

hal fi dhalika qasam li-dhi hijr

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

أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ

a-lam tara kayfa fa'ala rabbuka bi'ad

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

إِرَمَ ذَاتِ الْعِمَادِ

iram dhat al-'imad

[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,

الَّتِي لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِي الْبِلَادِ

allati lam yukhlaq mithluha fi al-bilad

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

وَثَمُودَ الَّذِينَ جَابُوا الصَّخْرَ بِالْوَادِ

wa-thamud alladhina jabu as-sakhra bi-l-wadi

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

وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِي الْأَوْتَادِ

wa-fir'awn dhaw al-awtad

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

الَّذِينَ طَغَوْا فِي الْبِلَادِ

alladhina taghaw fi al-bilad

[All of] whom oppressed within the lands

فَأَكْثَرُوا فِيهَا الْفَسَادَ

fa-aktharu fiha al-fasad

And increased therein the corruption.

فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ

fa-sabba 'alayhim rabb sawt 'adhab

So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِالْمِرْصَادِ

inna rabbaka la-al-mirsad

Indeed, your Lord is in observation.

فَأَمَّا الْإِنسَانُ إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ رَبُّهُ فَأَكْرَمَهُ وَنَعَّمَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَكْرَمَنِ

fa-amma al-insan idha ma ibtalahu rabbuhu fa-akramahu wa-na''amahu fa-yaqul rabb akraman

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."

وَأَمَّا إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَهَانَنِ

wa-amma idha ma ibtalahu faqadar 'alayhi rizqahu fa-yaqulu rabbi ahana-ni

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

كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ الْيَتِيمَ

kalla bal la tukrimun al-yatim

No! But you do not honor the orphan

وَلَا تَحَاضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ

wa-la tahaddun 'ala ta'am al-miskin

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

وَتَأْكُلُونَ التُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا

wa-ta'kulun at-turath aklan lamman

And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,

وَتُحِبُّونَ الْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا

wa-tuhibbun al-mal hubban jamma

And you love wealth with immense love.

كَلَّا إِذَا دُكَّتِ الْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا

kalla idha dukkat al-ard dakkan dakkan

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

وَجَاءَ رَبُّكَ وَالْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا

wa-ja'a rabbuka wal-malaku saffan saffan

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

وَجِيءَ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنسَانُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ الذِّكْرَىٰ

wa-ji'a yawma'idhin bi-jahannama yawma'idhin yatadhakkaru al-insanu wa-anna lahu adh-dhikra

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

يَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِي

yaqulu ya laytani qaddamtu li-hayat

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

فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُ أَحَدٌ

fa-yawma'idhin la yu'adhdhibu 'adhabahu ahad

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

وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُ أَحَدٌ

wa la yuthiqu wathaqaahu ahad

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

يَا أَيَّتُهَا النَّفْسُ الْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ

ya ayyatuha an-nafs al-mutma'innah

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

ارْجِعِي إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً

irji'i ila rabbiki radiyah mardiyah

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

فَادْخُلِي فِي عِبَادِي

fa-udkhuli fi 'ibadi

And enter among My [righteous] servants

وَادْخُلِي جَنَّتِي

wa-udkhuli jannati

And enter My Paradise."