Al-Fajr

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالْفَجْرِ

By the dawn,

وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ

And by ten nights,

وَالشَّفْعِ وَالْوَتْرِ

And by the even and the odd,

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ

And by the night when it departeth,

هَلْ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِذِي حِجْرٍ

Indeed in that there is an oath for a man of sense.

أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ

Bethinkest thou not in what wise thy Lord did with the 'A'ad:

إِرَمَ ذَاتِ الْعِمَادِ

The people of many-columned lram.

الَّتِي لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِي الْبِلَادِ

The like of which was not built in the cities,

وَثَمُودَ الَّذِينَ جَابُوا الصَّخْرَ بِالْوَادِ

And With Thamud who hewed out rocks in the vale,

وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِي الْأَوْتَادِ

And with Fir'awn, owner of the stakes -

الَّذِينَ طَغَوْا فِي الْبِلَادِ

Who all waxed exorbitant in the cities,

فَأَكْثَرُوا فِيهَا الْفَسَادَ

And multiplied therein corruption.

فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ

Wherefore thy Lord poured on them the scourge of His torment.

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِالْمِرْصَادِ

Verily thy Lord is in an ambuscade,

فَأَمَّا الْإِنْسَانُ إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ رَبُّهُ فَأَكْرَمَهُ وَنَعَّمَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَكْرَمَنِ

As for man - when his Lord proveth him and so honoureth him and is bounteous Unto him, then he saith: 'my Lord hath honoured me,

وَأَمَّا إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَهَانَنِ

And when He proveth him, and so stinteth Unto him his provision, he saith: 'my Lord hath despised me.

كَلَّا ۖ بَلْ لَا تُكْرِمُونَ الْيَتِيمَ

By no means! But ye honour not the orphan,

وَلَا تَحَاضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ

Nor urge upon each other the feeding of the poor,

وَتَأْكُلُونَ التُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَمًّا

And devour the inheritance devouring greedily,

وَتُحِبُّونَ الْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا

And ye love riches with exceeding love.

كَلَّا إِذَا دُكَّتِ الْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا

By no means! when the earth shall be ground with grinding, grinding,

وَجَاءَ رَبُّكَ وَالْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا

And thy Lord shall come and the angels, rank on rank.

وَجِيءَ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنْسَانُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ الذِّكْرَىٰ

And the Hell on that Day shall be brought nigh. On that Day man shall remember, but how will remembrance avail him?

يَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِي

He will say. 'would that I had sent before for this life of mine!

فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُ أَحَدٌ

Wherefore on that Day none shall torment with His torment.

وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُ أَحَدٌ

Nor shall any bind with His bond.

يَا أَيَّتُهَا النَّفْسُ الْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ

O thou peaceful soul!

ارْجِعِي إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَرْضِيَّةً

Return Unto thine Lord well pleased and well-pleasing.

فَادْخُلِي فِي عِبَادِي

Enter thou among My righteous bondmen!

وَادْخُلِي جَنَّتِي

And enter thou My Garden.