Surah Al-Fajr - The Dawn

Chapter 89 Meccan 30 Ayahs

سورة الفجر

Al-Fajr - The Dawn

Meccan • 30 Ayahs

سورة الفجر

Ayahs of Surah Al-Fajr

Ayah 1 of Al-Fajr 89:1

Arabic Text

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلْفَجْرِ

Transliteration

Wal-Fajr

Translation

By the dawn

Ayah 2 of Al-Fajr 89:2

Arabic Text

وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍۢ

Transliteration

Wa layaalin 'ashr

Translation

And [by] ten nights

Ayah 3 of Al-Fajr 89:3

Arabic Text

وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ

Transliteration

Wash shaf'i wal watr

Translation

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

Ayah 4 of Al-Fajr 89:4

Arabic Text

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ

Transliteration

Wallaili izaa yasr

Translation

And [by] the night when it passes,

Ayah 5 of Al-Fajr 89:5

Arabic Text

هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌۭ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ

Transliteration

Hal fee zaalika qasamul lizee hijr

Translation

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

Ayah 6 of Al-Fajr 89:6

Arabic Text

أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ

Transliteration

Alam tara kaifa fa'ala rabbuka bi'aad

Translation

Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad -

Ayah 7 of Al-Fajr 89:7

Arabic Text

إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ

Transliteration

Iramaa zaatil 'imaad

Translation

[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,

Ayah 8 of Al-Fajr 89:8

Arabic Text

ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ

Transliteration

Allatee lam yukhlaq misluhaa fil bilaad

Translation

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

Ayah 9 of Al-Fajr 89:9

Arabic Text

وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ

Transliteration

Wa samoodal lazeena jaabus sakhra bil waad

Translation

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

Ayah 10 of Al-Fajr 89:10

Arabic Text

وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ

Transliteration

Wa fir'awna zil awtaad

Translation

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

Ayah 11 of Al-Fajr 89:11

Arabic Text

ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ

Transliteration

Allazeena taghaw fil bilaad

Translation

[All of] whom oppressed within the lands

Ayah 12 of Al-Fajr 89:12

Arabic Text

فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ

Transliteration

Fa aksaroo feehal fasaad

Translation

And increased therein the corruption.

Ayah 13 of Al-Fajr 89:13

Arabic Text

فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ

Transliteration

Fasabba 'alaihim Rabbuka sawta 'azaab

Translation

So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.

Ayah 14 of Al-Fajr 89:14

Arabic Text

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ

Transliteration

Inna Rabbaka labil mirsaad

Translation

Indeed, your Lord is in observation.

Ayah 15 of Al-Fajr 89:15

Arabic Text

فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ

Transliteration

Fa ammal insaanu izaa mab talaahu Rabbuhoo fa akramahoo wa na' 'amahoo fa yaqoolu Rabbeee akraman

Translation

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."

Ayah 16 of Al-Fajr 89:16

Arabic Text

وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَٰنَنِ

Transliteration

Wa ammaaa izaa mabtalaahu faqadara 'alaihi rizqahoo fa yaqoolu Rabbeee ahaanan

Translation

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

Ayah 17 of Al-Fajr 89:17

Arabic Text

كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ

Transliteration

Kalla bal laa tukrimooo nal yateem

Translation

No! But you do not honor the orphan

Ayah 18 of Al-Fajr 89:18

Arabic Text

وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ

Transliteration

Wa laa tahaaaddoona 'alaata'aamil miskeen

Translation

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

Ayah 19 of Al-Fajr 89:19

Arabic Text

وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًۭا لَّمًّۭا

Transliteration

Wa taakuloonat turaasa aklal lammaa

Translation

And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,

Ayah 20 of Al-Fajr 89:20

Arabic Text

وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّۭا جَمًّۭا

Transliteration

Wa tuhibboonal maala hubban jammaa

Translation

And you love wealth with immense love.

Ayah 21 of Al-Fajr 89:21

Arabic Text

كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّۭا دَكًّۭا

Transliteration

Kallaaa izaaa dukkatil ardu dakkan dakka

Translation

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

Ayah 22 of Al-Fajr 89:22

Arabic Text

وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّۭا صَفًّۭا

Transliteration

Wa jaaa'a Rabbuka wal malaku saffan saffaa

Translation

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

Ayah 23 of Al-Fajr 89:23

Arabic Text

وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ

Transliteration

Wa jeee'a yawma'izim bi jahannnam
Yawma 'iziny yatazakkarul insaanu wa annaa lahuz zikraa

Translation

And brought [within view], that Day, is Hell - that Day, man will remember, but what good to him will be the remembrance?

Ayah 24 of Al-Fajr 89:24

Arabic Text

يَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى

Transliteration

Yaqoolu yaa laitanee qaddamtu lihayaatee

Translation

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

Ayah 25 of Al-Fajr 89:25

Arabic Text

فَيَوْمَئِذٍۢ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌۭ

Transliteration

Fa Yawma izil laa yu'azzibu 'azaabahooo ahad

Translation

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

Ayah 26 of Al-Fajr 89:26

Arabic Text

وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌۭ

Transliteration

Wa laa yoosiqu wasaaqa hooo ahad

Translation

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

Ayah 27 of Al-Fajr 89:27

Arabic Text

يَٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ

Transliteration

Yaaa ayyatuhan nafsul mutma 'innah

Translation

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

Ayah 28 of Al-Fajr 89:28

Arabic Text

ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةًۭ مَّرْضِيَّةًۭ

Transliteration

Irji'eee ilaa Rabbiki raadiyatam mardiyyah

Translation

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

Ayah 29 of Al-Fajr 89:29

Arabic Text

فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَٰدِى

Transliteration

Fadkhulee fee 'ibaadee

Translation

And enter among My [righteous] servants

Ayah 30 of Al-Fajr 89:30

Arabic Text

وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى

Transliteration

Wadkhulee jannatee

Translation

And enter My Paradise."