Al-Fajr
The Dawn
30 verses
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
وَٱلۡفَجۡرِ
١Waalfajri
By the dawn
وَلَيَالٍ عَشۡرٖ
٢Walayalin AAashrin
And [by] ten nights
وَٱلشَّفۡعِ وَٱلۡوَتۡرِ
٣WaalshshafAAi waalwatri
And [by] the even [number] and the odd
وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَسۡرِ
٤Waallayli itha yasri
And [by] the night when it passes
هَلۡ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٞ لِّذِي حِجۡرٍ
٥Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin
Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception
أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَيۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
٦Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad
إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلۡعِمَادِ
٧Irama thati alAAimadi
[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars
ٱلَّتِي لَمۡ يُخۡلَقۡ مِثۡلُهَا فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ
٨Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi
The likes of whom had never been created in the land
وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُواْ ٱلصَّخۡرَ بِٱلۡوَادِ
٩Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi
And [with] Thamud, who carved out the rocks in the valley
وَفِرۡعَوۡنَ ذِي ٱلۡأَوۡتَادِ
١٠WafirAAawna thee alawtadi
And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes
ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ
١١Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi
[All of] whom oppressed within the lands
فَأَكۡثَرُواْ فِيهَا ٱلۡفَسَادَ
١٢Faaktharoo feeha alfasada
And increased therein the corruption
فَصَبَّ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّكَ سَوۡطَ عَذَابٍ
١٣Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin
So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلۡمِرۡصَادِ
١٤Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi
Indeed, your Lord is in observation
فَأَمَّا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبۡتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكۡرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّيٓ أَكۡرَمَنِ
١٥Faamma alinsanu itha ma ibtalahu rabbuhu faakramahu wanaAAAAamahu fayaqoolu rabbee 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
وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبۡتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيۡهِ رِزۡقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّيٓ أَهَٰنَنِ
١٦Waamma itha ma ibtalahu faqadara AAalayhi rizqahu fayaqoolu rabbee ahanani
But when He tries him and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated me
كَلَّاۖ بَل لَّا تُكۡرِمُونَ ٱلۡيَتِيمَ
١٧Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema
No! But you do not honor the orphan
وَلَا تَحَـٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينِ
١٨Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni
And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor
وَتَأۡكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكۡلٗا لَّمّٗا
١٩Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman
And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether
وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡمَالَ حُبّٗا جَمّٗا
٢٠Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman
And you love wealth with immense love
كَلَّآۖ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ دَكّٗا دَكّٗا
٢١Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan
No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed
وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلۡمَلَكُ صَفّٗا صَفّٗا
٢٢Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan
And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon rank
وَجِاْيٓءَ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بِجَهَنَّمَۚ يَوۡمَئِذٖ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ
٢٣Wajeea yawmaithin bijahannama yawmaithin yatathakkaru alinsanu waanna lahu alththikra
And brought [within view], that Day, is Hell - that Day, man will remember, but what good to him will be the remembrance
يَقُولُ يَٰلَيۡتَنِي قَدَّمۡتُ لِحَيَاتِي
٢٤Yaqoolu ya laytanee qaddamtu lihayatee
He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life
فَيَوۡمَئِذٖ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٞ
٢٥Fayawmaithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu ahadun
So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment
وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٞ
٢٦Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun
And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers]
يَـٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفۡسُ ٱلۡمُطۡمَئِنَّةُ
٢٧Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu
[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul
ٱرۡجِعِيٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةٗ مَّرۡضِيَّةٗ
٢٨IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan
Return to your Lord, well-pleased and pleasing [to Him]
فَٱدۡخُلِي فِي عِبَٰدِي
٢٩Faodkhulee fee AAibadee
And enter among My [righteous] servants
وَٱدۡخُلِي جَنَّتِي
٣٠Waodkhulee jannatee
And enter My Paradise
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