Surah Al-Fajr الفجر

وَٱلۡفَجۡرِ ١

By the Daybreak,

وَلَيَالٍ عَشۡرٖ ٢

by the Ten Nights,

وَٱلشَّفۡعِ وَٱلۡوَتۡرِ ٣

by the even and the odd,

وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَسۡرِ ٤

by the passing night––

هَلۡ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٞ لِّذِي حِجۡرٍ ٥

is this oath strong enough for a rational person?

أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَيۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ ٦

Have you [Prophet] considered how your Lord dealt with [the people] of 'Ad,

إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلۡعِمَادِ ٧

of Iram, [the city] of lofty pillars,

ٱلَّتِي لَمۡ يُخۡلَقۡ مِثۡلُهَا فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ ٨

whose like has never been made in any land,

وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُواْ ٱلصَّخۡرَ بِٱلۡوَادِ ٩

and the Thamud, who hewed into the rocks in the valley,

وَفِرۡعَوۡنَ ذِي ٱلۡأَوۡتَادِ ١٠

and the mighty and powerful Pharaoh?

ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ ١١

All of them committed excesses in their lands,

فَأَكۡثَرُواْ فِيهَا ٱلۡفَسَادَ ١٢

and spread corruption there:

فَصَبَّ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّكَ سَوۡطَ عَذَابٍ ١٣

your Lord let a scourge of punishment loose on them.

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلۡمِرۡصَادِ ١٤

Your Lord is always watchful.

فَأَمَّا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبۡتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكۡرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّيٓ أَكۡرَمَنِ ١٥

[The nature of] man is that, when his Lord tries him through honour and blessings, he says, ‘My Lord has honoured me,’

وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبۡتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيۡهِ رِزۡقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّيٓ أَهَٰنَنِ ١٦

but when He tries him through the restriction of his provision, he says, ‘My Lord has humiliated me.’

كـَلَّاۖ بَل لَّا تُكۡرِمُونَ ٱلۡيَتِيمَ ١٧

No indeed! You [people] do not honour orphans,

وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينِ ١٨

you do not urge one another to feed the poor,

وَتَأۡكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكۡلٗا لَّمّٗا ١٩

you consume inheritance greedily,

وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡمَالَ حُبّٗا جَمّٗا ٢٠

and you love wealth with a passion.

كـَلَّآۖ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ دَكّٗا دَكّٗا ٢١

No indeed! When the earth is pounded to dust, pounded and pounded,

وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلۡمَلَكُ صَفّٗا صَفّٗا ٢٢

when your Lord comes with the angels, rank upon rank,

وَجِاْيٓءَ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بِجَهَنَّمَۚ يَوۡمَئِذٖ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ ٢٣

when Hell is that Day brought near- on that Day man will take heed, but what good will that be to him then?

يَقُولُ يَٰلَيۡتَنِي قَدَّمۡتُ لِحَيَاتِي ٢٤

He will say, ‘Would that I had provided for this life to come!’

فَيَوۡمَئِذٖ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٞ ٢٥

On that Day, no one will punish as He punishes,

وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٞ ٢٦

and no one will bind as He binds.

يَٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفۡسُ ٱلۡمُطۡمَئِنَّةُ ٢٧

‘[But] you, soul at peace:

ٱرۡجِعِيٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةٗ مَّرۡضِيَّةٗ ٢٨

return to your Lord well pleased and well pleasing;

فَٱدۡخُلِي فِي عِبَٰدِي ٢٩

go in among My servants;

وَٱدۡخُلِي جَنَّتِي ٣٠

and into My Garden.’