Surah Al-Fajr سُورَةُ الفَجۡرِ

وَٱلْفَجْرِ1

By the break of Day

وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍۢ2

By the Nights twice five;

وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ3

By the even and odd (contrasted);

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ4

And by the Night when it passeth away;-

هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌۭ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ5

Is there (not) in these an adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand?

أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ6

Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad (people),-

إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ7

Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,

ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ8

The like of which were not produced in (all) the land?

وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ9

And with the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley?-

وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ10

And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?

ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ11

(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,

فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ12

And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).

فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ13

Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements:

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ14

For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch-tower.

فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ15

Now, as for man, when his Lord trieth him, giving him honour and gifts, then saith he, (puffed up), "My Lord hath honoured me."

وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَٰنَنِ16

But when He trieth him, restricting his subsistence for him, then saith he (in despair), "My Lord hath humiliated me!"

كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ17

Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!

وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ18

Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor!-

وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًۭا لَّمًّۭا19

And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,

وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّۭا جَمًّۭا20

And ye love wealth with inordinate love!

كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّۭا دَكًّۭا21

Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,

وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّۭا صَفًّۭا22

And thy Lord cometh, and His angels, rank upon rank,

وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ23

And Hell, that Day, is brought (face to face),- on that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance profit him?

يَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى24

He will say: "Ah! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my (Future) Life!"

فَيَوْمَئِذٍۢ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌۭ25

For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict,

وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌۭ26

And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.

يَٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ27

(To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction!

ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةًۭ مَّرْضِيَّةًۭ28

"Come back thou to thy Lord,- well pleased (thyself), and well-pleasing unto Him!

فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَٰدِى29

"Enter thou, then, among My devotees!

وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى30

"Yea, enter thou My Heaven!