Al-Fajr

وَٱلْفَجْرِ

By the dawn

وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ

and the ten nights

وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ

and the even and the odd

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ

and the night when it passes!

هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ

Is all this ˹not˺ a sufficient oath for those who have sense?

أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ

Did you not see how your Lord dealt with ’Ȃd—

إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ

˹the people˺ of Iram—with ˹their˺ great stature

ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ

unmatched in any other land;

وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ

and Thamûd who carved ˹their homes into˺ the rocks in the ˹Stone˺ Valley;

وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ

and the Pharaoh of mighty structures?

ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ

They all transgressed throughout the land

فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ

spreading much corruption there.

فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ

So your Lord unleashed on them a scourge of punishment.

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ

˹For˺ your Lord is truly vigilant.

فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ

Now, whenever a human being is tested by their Lord through ˹His˺ generosity and blessings, they boast, “My Lord has ˹deservedly˺ honoured me!”

وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَـٰنَنِ

But when He tests them by limiting their provision, they protest, “My Lord has ˹undeservedly˺ humiliated me!”

كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ

Absolutely not! In fact, you are not ˹even˺ gracious to the orphan

وَلَا تَحَـٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ

nor do you urge one another to feed the poor.

وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا

And you devour ˹others’˺ inheritance greedily

وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا

and love wealth fervently.

كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا

Enough! When the earth is entirely crushed over and over

وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا

and your Lord comes ˹to judge˺ with angels, rank upon rank

وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ

and Hell is brought forth on that Day—this is when every ˹disbelieving˺ person will remember ˹their own sins˺. But what is the use of remembering then?

يَقُولُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى

They will cry, “I wish I had sent forth ˹something good˺ for my ˹true˺ life.”

فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

On that Day He will punish ˹them˺ severely, like no other

وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

and bind ˹them˺ tightly, like no other.

يَـٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ

˹Allah will say to the righteous,˺ “O tranquil soul!

ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً

Return to your Lord, well pleased ˹with Him˺ and well pleasing ˹to Him˺.

فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَـٰدِى

So join My servants

وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى

and enter My Paradise.”