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Al-Fajr

The Dawn

Surah 89 · Meccan · 30 ayahs

الفجر
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بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

  1. وَٱلۡفَجۡرِ ١

    Wal-fajr.

    By the dawn

  2. وَلَيَالٍ عَشۡرٖ ٢

    Wa layālin ʿashr.

    And [by] ten nights1

    Footnotes (1)
    1. Usually interpreted as the first ten nights of the month of Dhul-Ḥijjah.

  3. وَٱلشَّفۡعِ وَٱلۡوَتۡرِ ٣

    Wash-shafʿi wal-watr.

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

  4. وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَسۡرِ ٤

    Wal-layli idhā yasr.

    And [by] the night when it passes,

  5. هَلۡ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٞ لِّذِي حِجۡرٍ ٥

    Hal fī dhālika qasamul lidhī ḥijr.

    Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?1

    Footnotes (1)
    1. Based upon the following verses, what has been sworn to by Allāh is that He will certainly punish the disbelievers.

  6. أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَيۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ ٦

    Alam tara kayfa faʿala rabbuka biʿād.

    Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with ʿAad -

  7. إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلۡعِمَادِ ٧

    Irama dhātil-ʿimād.

    [With] Iram1 - who had lofty pillars,2

    Footnotes (2)
    1. Another name for the first people of ʿAad, to whom Prophet Hūd was sent.
    2. Supporting their tents or buildings.

  8. ٱلَّتِي لَمۡ يُخۡلَقۡ مِثۡلُهَا فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ ٨

    Al-latī lam yukhlaq mithluhā fil-bilād.

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

  9. وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُواْ ٱلصَّخۡرَ بِٱلۡوَادِ ٩

    Wa thamūdal-ladhīna jābuṣ-ṣakhra bil-wād.

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

  10. وَفِرۡعَوۡنَ ذِي ٱلۡأَوۡتَادِ ١٠

    Wa firʿawna dhil-awtād.

    And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes?1

    Footnotes (1)
    1. By which he tortured people.

  11. ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ ١١

    Al-ladhīna ṭaghaw fil-bilād.

    [All of] whom oppressed within the lands

  12. فَأَكۡثَرُواْ فِيهَا ٱلۡفَسَادَ ١٢

    Fa aktharū fīhal-fasād.

    And increased therein the corruption.

  13. فَصَبَّ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّكَ سَوۡطَ عَذَابٍ ١٣

    Faṣabba ʿalayhim rabbuka sawṭa ʿadhāb.

    So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.

  14. إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلۡمِرۡصَادِ ١٤

    Inna rabbaka labil-mirṣād.

    Indeed, your Lord is in observation.

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

    Fa ammal-insānu idhā mabtalāhu rabbuhū fa akramahū wa naʿʿamahū fayaqūlu rabbī 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."1

    Footnotes (1)
    1. He is proud rather than grateful, attributing the favor to his own merit.

  16. وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبۡتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيۡهِ رِزۡقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّيٓ أَهَٰنَنِ ١٦

    Wa ammā idhā mabtalāhu faqadara ʿalayhi rizqahū fayaqūlu rabbī ahānan.

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

  17. كـَلَّاۖ بَل لَّا تُكۡرِمُونَ ٱلۡيَتِيمَ ١٧

    Kallā, bal lā tukrimūnal-yatīm.

    No!1 But you do not honor the orphan

    Footnotes (1)
    1. It is not like you imagine. Rather, Allāh tries people through prosperity and hardship and rewards both gratitude and patience with honor in the Hereafter.

  18. وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينِ ١٨

    Wa lā taḥāḍḍūna ʿalā ṭaʿāmil-miskīn.

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

  19. وَتَأۡكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكۡلٗا لَّمّٗا ١٩

    Wa taʾkulūnat-turātha aklal lammā.

    And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,1

    Footnotes (1)
    1. Not caring whether it is lawful or unlawful.

  20. وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡمَالَ حُبّٗا جَمّٗا ٢٠

    Wa tuḥibbūnal-māla ḥubban jammā.

    And you love wealth with immense love.

  21. كـَلَّآۖ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ دَكّٗا دَكّٗا ٢١

    Kallā, idhā dukkatil-arḍu dakkan dakkā.

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

  22. وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلۡمَلَكُ صَفّٗا صَفّٗا ٢٢

    Wa jāʾa rabbuka wal-malaku ṣaffan ṣaffā.

    And your Lord has come1 and the angels, rank upon rank,

    Footnotes (1)
    1. To pass judgement. See footnote to 2:19.

  23. وَجِاْيٓءَ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بِجَهَنَّمَۚ يَوۡمَئِذٖ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ ٢٣

    Wa jīʾa yawmaʾidhim bijahannam, yawmaʾidhiy yatadhakkarul-insānu wa annā lahudh-dhikrā.

    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 لِحَيَاتِي ٢٤

    Yaqūlu yālaytanī qaddamtu liḥayātī.

    He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."1

    Footnotes (1)
    1. The everlasting life of the Hereafter.

  25. فَيَوۡمَئِذٖ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٞ ٢٥

    Fayawmaʾidhil lā yuʿadhdhibu ʿadhābahū aḥad.

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

  26. وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٞ ٢٦

    Wa lā yūthiqu wathāqahū aḥad.

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

  27. يَٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفۡسُ ٱلۡمُطۡمَئِنَّةُ ٢٧

    Yāʾayyatuhan-nafsul-muṭmaʾinnah.

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

  28. ٱرۡجِعِيٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةٗ مَّرۡضِيَّةٗ ٢٨

    Irjiʿī ilā rabbiki rāḍiyatam marḍiyyah.

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

  29. فَٱدۡخُلِي فِي عِبَٰدِي ٢٩

    Fadkhulī fī ʿibādī.

    And enter among My [righteous] servants

  30. وَٱدۡخُلِي جَنَّتِي ٣٠

    Wadkhulī jannatī.

    And enter My Paradise."