Surah Al-Fajr (The Dawn)

وَٱلْفَجْرِ

By the break of Day

By the Dawn

وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍۢ

By the Nights twice five;

And ten nights,

وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ

By the even and odd (contrasted);

And the Even and the Odd,

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ

And by the Night when it passeth away;-

And the night when it departeth,

هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌۭ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ

Is there (not) in these an adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand?

There surely is an oath for thinking man.

أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ

Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad (people),-

Dost thou not consider how thy Lord dealt with (the tribe of) A'ad,

إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ

Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,

With many-columned Iram,

ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ

The like of which were not produced in (all) the land?

The like of which was not created in the lands;

وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ

And with the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley?-

And with (the tribe of) Thamud, who clove the rocks in the valley;

وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ

And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?

And with Pharaoh, firm of might,

ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ

(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,

Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands,

فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ

And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).

And multiplied iniquity therein?

فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ

Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements:

Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment.

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ

For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch-tower.

Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful.

فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ

Now, as for man, when his Lord trieth him, giving him honour and gifts, then saith he, (puffed up), "My Lord hath honoured me."

As for man, whenever his Lord trieth him by honouring him, and is gracious unto him, he saith: My Lord honoureth me.

وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَٰنَنِ

But when He trieth him, restricting his subsistence for him, then saith he (in despair), "My Lord hath humiliated me!"

But whenever He trieth him by straitening his means of life, he saith: My Lord despiseth me.

كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ

Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!

Nay, but ye (for your part) honour not the orphan

وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ

Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor!-

And urge not on the feeding of the poor.

وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًۭا لَّمًّۭا

And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,

And ye devour heritages with devouring greed.

وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّۭا جَمًّۭا

And ye love wealth with inordinate love!

And love wealth with abounding love.

كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّۭا دَكًّۭا

Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,

Nay, but when the earth is ground to atoms, grinding, grinding,

وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّۭا صَفًّۭا

And thy Lord cometh, and His angels, rank upon rank,

And thy Lord shall come with angels, rank on rank,

وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ

And Hell, that Day, is brought (face to face),- on that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance profit him?

And hell is brought near that day; on that day man will remember, but how will the remembrance (then avail him)?

يَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى

He will say: "Ah! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my (Future) Life!"

He will say: Ah, would that I had sent before me (some provision) for my life!

فَيَوْمَئِذٍۢ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌۭ

For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict,

None punisheth as He will punish on that day!

وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌۭ

And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.

None bindeth as He then will bind.

يَٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ

(To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction!

But ah! thou soul at peace!

ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةًۭ مَّرْضِيَّةًۭ

"Come back thou to thy Lord,- well pleased (thyself), and well-pleasing unto Him!

Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure!

فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَٰدِى

"Enter thou, then, among My devotees!

Enter thou among My bondmen!

وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى

"Yea, enter thou My Heaven!

Enter thou My Garden!