Al-Fajr

وَٱلْفَجْرِ ١

By the dawn

وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ ٢

and the ten nights

وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ ٣

and the even and the odd

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ ٤

and the night when it passes

هَلْ فِى ذَٲلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ ٥

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

أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ ٦

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

إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ ٧

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

ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ ٨

unmatched in any other land

وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُواْ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ ٩

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

وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ ١٠

and the Pharaoh of mighty structures

ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْاْ فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ ١١

They all transgressed throughout the land

فَأَكْثَرُواْ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ ١٢

spreading much corruption there

فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ ١٣

So your Lord unleashed on them a scourge of punishment

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ ١٤

˹For˺ your Lord is truly vigilant

فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَـٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ ١٥

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 ٱبْتَلَـٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَـٰنَنِ ١٦

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

كَلَّا‌ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ ١٧

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

وَلَا تَحَـٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ ١٨

nor do you urge one another to feed the poor

وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلاً لَّمًّا ١٩

And you devour ˹others’˺ inheritance greedily

وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا ٢٠

and love wealth fervently

كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا ٢١

Enough! When the earth is entirely crushed over and over

وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا ٢٢

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

وَجِاْىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذِۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ‌ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ ٢٣

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 ٢٤

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

فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ ٢٥

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

وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ ٢٦

and bind ˹them˺ tightly, like no other

يَـٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ ٢٧

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

ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً ٢٨

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

فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَـٰدِى ٢٩

So join My servants

وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى ٣٠

and enter My Paradise.”