Al-Fajr

وَالۡفَجۡرِۙ‏ ١

Wal-Fajr

By the dawn

وَلَيَالٍ عَشۡرٍۙ‏ ٢

Wa layaalin 'ashr

And [by] ten nights

وَّالشَّفۡعِ وَالۡوَتۡرِۙ‏ ٣

Wash shaf'i wal watr

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

وَالَّيۡلِ اِذَا يَسۡرِ​ۚ‏ ٤

Wallaili izaa yasr

And [by] the night when it passes,

هَلۡ فِىۡ ذٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِىۡ حِجۡرٍؕ‏ ٥

Hal fee zaalika qasamul lizee hijr

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

اَلَمۡ تَرَ كَيۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍۙ‏ ٦

Alam tara kaifa fa'ala rabbuka bi'aad

Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with ʿAad -

اِرَمَ ذَاتِ الۡعِمَادِۙ‏ ٧

Iramaa zaatil 'imaad

[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,

الَّتِىۡ لَمۡ يُخۡلَقۡ مِثۡلُهَا فِى الۡبِلَادِۙ‏ ٨

Allatee lam yukhlaq misluhaa fil bilaad

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

وَثَمُوۡدَ الَّذِيۡنَ جَابُوا الصَّخۡرَ بِالۡوَادِۙ‏ ٩

Wa samoodal lazeena jaabus sakhra bil waad

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

وَفِرۡعَوۡنَ ذِى الۡاَوۡتَادِۙ‏ ١٠

Wa fir'awna zil awtaad

And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes?

الَّذِيۡنَ طَغَوۡا فِى الۡبِلَادِۙ‏ ١١

Allazeena taghaw fil bilaad

[All of] whom oppressed within the lands

فَاَكۡثَرُوۡا فِيۡهَا الۡفَسَادَۙ‏ ١٢

Fa aksaroo feehal fasaad

And increased therein the corruption.

فَصَبَّ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّكَ سَوۡطَ عَذَابٍ ۙۚ‏ ١٣

Fasabba 'alaihim Rabbuka sawta 'azaab

So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.

اِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِالۡمِرۡصَادِؕ‏ ١٤

Inna Rabbaka labil mirsaad

Indeed, your Lord is in observation.

فَاَمَّا الۡاِنۡسَانُ اِذَا مَا ابۡتَلٰٮهُ رَبُّهٗ فَاَكۡرَمَهٗ وَنَعَّمَهٗ  ۙ فَيَقُوۡلُ رَبِّىۡۤ اَكۡرَمَنِؕ‏ ١٥

Fa ammal insaanu izaa mab talaahu Rabbuhoo fa akramahoo wa na' 'amahoo fa yaqoolu Rabbeee 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."

وَاَمَّاۤ اِذَا مَا ابۡتَلٰٮهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيۡهِ رِزۡقَهٗ ۙ فَيَقُوۡلُ رَبِّىۡۤ اَهَانَنِ​ۚ‏ ١٦

Wa ammaaa izaa mabtalaahu faqadara 'alaihi rizqahoo fa yaqoolu Rabbeee ahaanan

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

كَلَّا​ بَلۡ لَّا تُكۡرِمُوۡنَ الۡيَتِيۡمَۙ‏ ١٧

Kalla bal laa tukrimooo nal yateem

No! But you do not honor the orphan

وَلَا تَحٰٓضُّوۡنَ عَلٰى طَعَامِ الۡمِسۡكِيۡنِۙ‏ ١٨

Wa laa tahaaaddoona 'alaata'aamil miskeen

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

وَتَاۡكُلُوۡنَ التُّرَاثَ اَكۡلًا لَّـمًّا ۙ‏ ١٩

Wa taakuloonat turaasa aklal lammaa

And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,

وَّتُحِبُّوۡنَ الۡمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا ؕ‏ ٢٠

Wa tuhibboonal maala hubban jammaa

And you love wealth with immense love.

كَلَّاۤ اِذَا دُكَّتِ الۡاَرۡضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا ۙ‏ ٢١

Kallaaa izaaa dukkatil ardu dakkan dakka

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

وَّجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَالۡمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا ۚ‏ ٢٢

Wa jaaa'a Rabbuka wal malaku saffan saffaa

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

وَجِاىْٓءَ يَوۡمَٮِٕذٍۢ بِجَهَنَّمَ  ۙ​ يَوۡمَٮِٕذٍ يَّتَذَكَّرُ الۡاِنۡسَانُ وَاَنّٰى لَـهُ الذِّكۡرٰىؕ‏ ٢٣

Wa jeee'a yawma'izim bi jahannnam; Yawma 'iziny yatazakkarul insaanu wa annaa lahuz zikraa

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?

يَقُوۡلُ يٰلَيۡتَنِىۡ قَدَّمۡتُ لِحَـيَاتِى​ۚ‏ ٢٤

Yaqoolu yaa laitanee qaddamtu lihayaatee

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

فَيَوۡمَٮِٕذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهٗۤ اَحَدٌ ۙ‏ ٢٥

Fa Yawma izil laa yu'azzibu 'azaabahooo ahad

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

وَّلَا يُوۡثِقُ وَثَاقَهٗۤ اَحَدٌ ؕ‏ ٢٦

Wa laa yoosiqu wasaaqa hooo ahad

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

يٰۤاَيَّتُهَا النَّفۡسُ الۡمُطۡمَٮِٕنَّةُ  ۖ‏ ٢٧

Yaaa ayyatuhan nafsul mutma 'innah

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

ارۡجِعِىۡۤ اِلٰى رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرۡضِيَّةً​ ۚ‏ ٢٨

Irji'eee ilaa Rabbiki raadiyatam mardiyyah

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

فَادۡخُلِىۡ فِىۡ عِبٰدِىۙ‏ ٢٩

Fadkhulee fee 'ibaadee

And enter among My [righteous] servants

وَادۡخُلِىۡ جَنَّتِى‏ ٣٠

Wadkhulee jannatee

And enter My Paradise."