بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
وَٱلْفَجْرِ١
Wal-Fajr
By the dawn
وَلَيَالٍعَشْرٍۢ٢
Wa layaalin 'ashr
And [by] ten nights
وَٱلشَّفْعِوَٱلْوَتْرِ٣
Wash shaf'i wal watr
And [by] the even [number] and the odd
وَٱلَّيْلِإِذَايَسْرِ٤
Wallaili izaa yasr
And [by] the night when it passes,
هَلْفِىذَٰلِكَقَسَمٌۭلِّذِىحِجْرٍ٥
Hal fee zaalika qasamul lizee hijr
Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?
أَلَمْتَرَكَيْفَفَعَلَرَبُّكَبِعَادٍ٦
Alam tara kaifa fa'ala rabbuka bi'aad
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad -
إِرَمَذَاتِٱلْعِمَادِ٧
Iramaa zaatil 'imaad
[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,
ٱلَّتِىلَمْيُخْلَقْمِثْلُهَافِىٱلْبِلَـٰدِ٨
Allatee lam yukhlaq misluhaa fil bilaad
The likes of whom had never been created in the land?
وَثَمُودَٱلَّذِينَجَابُوا۟ٱلصَّخْرَبِٱلْوَادِ٩
Wa samoodal lazeena jaabus sakhra bil waad
And [with] Thamud, who carved out the rocks in the valley?
وَفِرْعَوْنَذِىٱلْأَوْتَادِ١٠
Wa fir'awna zil awtaad
And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? -
ٱلَّذِينَطَغَوْا۟فِىٱلْبِلَـٰدِ١١
Allazeena taghaw fil bilaad
[All of] whom oppressed within the lands
فَأَكْثَرُوا۟فِيهَاٱلْفَسَادَ١٢
Fa aksaroo feehal fasaad
And increased therein the corruption.
فَصَبَّعَلَيْهِمْرَبُّكَسَوْطَعَذَابٍ١٣
Fasabba 'alaihim Rabbuka sawta 'azaab
So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.
إِنَّرَبَّكَلَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ١٤
Inna Rabbaka labil mirsaad
Indeed, your Lord is in observation.
فَأَمَّاٱلْإِنسَـٰنُإِذَامَاٱبْتَلَىٰهُرَبُّهُۥفَأَكْرَمَهُۥوَنَعَّمَهُۥفَيَقُولُرَبِّىٓأَكْرَمَنِ١٥
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."
وَأَمَّآإِذَامَاٱبْتَلَىٰهُفَقَدَرَعَلَيْهِرِزْقَهُۥفَيَقُولُرَبِّىٓأَهَـٰنَنِ١٦
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 ۖبَللَّاتُكْرِمُونَٱلْيَتِيمَ١٧
Kalla bal laa tukrimooo nal yateem
No! But you do not honor the orphan
وَلَاتَحَـٰٓضُّونَعَلَىٰطَعَامِٱلْمِسْكِينِ١٨
Wa laa tahaaaddoona 'alaata'aamil miskeen
And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.
وَتَأْكُلُونَٱلتُّرَاثَأَكْلًۭالَّمًّۭا١٩
Wa taakuloonat turaasa aklal lammaa
And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,
وَتُحِبُّونَٱلْمَالَحُبًّۭاجَمًّۭا٢٠
Wa tuhibboonal maala hubban jammaa
And you love wealth with immense love.
كَلَّآإِذَادُكَّتِٱلْأَرْضُدَكًّۭادَكًّۭا٢١
Kallaaa izaaa dukkatil ardu dakkan dakka
No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed -
وَجَآءَرَبُّكَوَٱلْمَلَكُصَفًّۭاصَفًّۭا٢٢
Wa jaaa'a Rabbuka wal malaku saffan saffaa
And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon rank,
وَجِا۟ىٓءَيَوْمَئِذٍۭبِجَهَنَّمَ ۚيَوْمَئِذٍۢيَتَذَكَّرُٱلْإِنسَـٰنُوَأَنَّىٰلَهُٱلذِّكْرَىٰ٢٣
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 what good to him will be the remembrance?
يَقُولُيَـٰلَيْتَنِىقَدَّمْتُلِحَيَاتِى٢٤
Yaqoolu yaa laitanee qaddamtu lihayaatee
He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."
فَيَوْمَئِذٍۢلَّايُعَذِّبُعَذَابَهُۥٓأَحَدٌۭ٢٥
Fa Yawma izil laa yu'azzibu 'azaabahooo ahad
So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment,
وَلَايُوثِقُوَثَاقَهُۥٓأَحَدٌۭ٢٦
Wa laa yoosiqu wasaaqa hooo ahad
And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers].
يَـٰٓأَيَّتُهَاٱلنَّفْسُٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ٢٧
Yaaa ayyatuhan nafsul mutma 'innah
[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,
ٱرْجِعِىٓإِلَىٰرَبِّكِرَاضِيَةًۭمَّرْضِيَّةًۭ٢٨
Irji'eee ilaa Rabbiki raadiyatam mardiyyah
Return to your Lord, well-pleased and pleasing [to Him],
فَٱدْخُلِىفِىعِبَـٰدِى٢٩
Fadkhulee fee 'ibaadee
And enter among My [righteous] servants
وَٱدْخُلِىجَنَّتِى٣٠
Wadkhulee jannatee
And enter My Paradise."
Surah Al-Fajr (Arabic: سُورَةُ الفَجۡرِ) is the 89th chapter of the Holy Qur'an. It consists of 30 verses and was revealed in Meccan.
This page provides the complete Surah Al-Fajr in Arabic Uthmani script, clear English transliteration for pronunciation guidance, Saheeh International English translation, and interactive word-by-word audio recitation.
The English name translation of Surah Al-Fajr is "The Dawn".
Surah Al-Fajr is a Meccan surah.
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