الفجر

وَٱلْفَجْرِ﴿1﴾

By the dawn

Translation: Sahih International

وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ﴿2﴾

And [by] ten nights1

Translation: Sahih International

وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ﴿3﴾

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

Translation: Sahih International

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ﴿4﴾

And [by] the night when it passes,

Translation: Sahih International

هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ﴿5﴾

Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?1

Translation: Sahih International

أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ﴿6﴾

Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with ʿAad -

Translation: Sahih International

إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ﴿7﴾

[With] Iram1 - who had lofty pillars,2

Translation: Sahih International

ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ﴿8﴾

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

Translation: Sahih International

وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ﴿9﴾

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

Translation: Sahih International

وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ﴿10﴾

And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes?1

Translation: Sahih International

ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ﴿11﴾

[All of] whom oppressed within the lands

Translation: Sahih International

فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ﴿12﴾

And increased therein the corruption.

Translation: Sahih International

فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ﴿13﴾

So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.

Translation: Sahih International

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ﴿14﴾

Indeed, your Lord is in observation.

Translation: Sahih International

فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ﴿15﴾

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."1

Translation: Sahih International

وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَـٰنَنِ﴿16﴾

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

Translation: Sahih International

كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ﴿17﴾

No!1 But you do not honor the orphan

Translation: Sahih International

وَلَا تَحَـٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ﴿18﴾

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

Translation: Sahih International

وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا﴿19﴾

And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,1

Translation: Sahih International

وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا﴿20﴾

And you love wealth with immense love.

Translation: Sahih International

كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا﴿21﴾

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

Translation: Sahih International

وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا﴿22﴾

And your Lord has come1 and the angels, rank upon rank,

Translation: Sahih International

وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ﴿23﴾

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?

Translation: Sahih International

يَقُولُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى﴿24﴾

He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."1

Translation: Sahih International

فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ﴿25﴾

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

Translation: Sahih International

وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ﴿26﴾

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

Translation: Sahih International

يَـٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ﴿27﴾

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

Translation: Sahih International

ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً﴿28﴾

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

Translation: Sahih International

فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَـٰدِى﴿29﴾

And enter among My [righteous] servants

Translation: Sahih International

وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى﴿30﴾

And enter My Paradise."

Translation: Sahih International