Surah Al Fajr

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89:1

وَٱلۡفَجۡرِ ١

Wa Al-Fajri

By the dawn

89:2

وَلَيَالٍ عَشۡرٖ ٢

Wa Layālin `Ashrin

And [by] ten nights

89:3

وَٱلشَّفۡعِ وَٱلۡوَتۡرِ ٣

Wa Ash-Shaf`i Wa Al-Watri

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

89:4

وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَسۡرِ ٤

Wa Al-Layli 'Idhā Yasri

And [by] the night when it passes,

89:5

هَلۡ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٞ لِّذِي حِجۡرٍ ٥

Hal Fī Dhālika Qasamun Lidhī Ĥijrin

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

89:6

أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَيۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ ٦

'Alam Tara Kayfa Fa`ala Rabbuka Bi`ādin

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

89:7

إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلۡعِمَادِ ٧

'Irama Dhāti Al-`Imādi

[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,

89:8

ٱلَّتِي لَمۡ يُخۡلَقۡ مِثۡلُهَا فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ ٨

Allatī Lam Yukhlaq Mithluhā Fī Al-Bilādi

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

89:9

وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُواْ ٱلصَّخۡرَ بِٱلۡوَادِ ٩

Wa Thamūda Al-Ladhīna Jābū Aş-Şakhra Bil-Wādi

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

89:10

وَفِرۡعَوۡنَ ذِي ٱلۡأَوۡتَادِ ١٠

Wa Fir`awna Dhī Al-'Awtādi

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

89:11

ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ ١١

Al-Ladhīna Ţaghaw Fī Al-Bilādi

[All of] whom oppressed within the lands

89:12

فَأَكۡثَرُواْ فِيهَا ٱلۡفَسَادَ ١٢

Fa'aktharū Fīhā Al-Fasāda

And increased therein the corruption.

89:13

فَصَبَّ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّكَ سَوۡطَ عَذَابٍ ١٣

Faşabba `Alayhim Rabbuka Sawţa `Adhābin

So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.

89:14

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلۡمِرۡصَادِ ١٤

'Inna Rabbaka Labiālmirşādi

Indeed, your Lord is in observation.

89:15

فَأَمَّا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبۡتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكۡرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّيٓ أَكۡرَمَنِ ١٥

Fa'ammā Al-'Insānu 'Idhā Mā Abtalāhu Rabbuhu Fa'akramahu Wa Na``amahu Fayaqūlu Rabbī 'Akramani

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."

89:16

وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبۡتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيۡهِ رِزۡقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّيٓ أَهَٰنَنِ ١٦

Wa 'Ammā 'Idhā Mā Abtalāhu Faqadara `Alayhi Rizqahu Fayaqūlu Rabbī 'Ahānani

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

89:17

كـَلَّاۖ بَل لَّا تُكۡرِمُونَ ٱلۡيَتِيمَ ١٧

Kallā ۖ Bal Lā Tukrimūna Al-Yatīma

No! But you do not honor the orphan

89:18

وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينِ ١٨

Wa Lā Taĥāđđūna `Alá Ţa`āmi Al-Miskīni

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

89:19

وَتَأۡكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكۡلٗا لَّمّٗا ١٩

Wa Ta'kulūna At-Turātha 'Aklāan Lammāan

And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,

89:20

وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡمَالَ حُبّٗا جَمّٗا ٢٠

Wa Tuĥibbūna Al-Māla Ĥubbāan Jammāan

And you love wealth with immense love.

89:21

كـَلَّآۖ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ دَكّٗا دَكّٗا ٢١

Kallā 'Idhā Dukkati Al-'Arđu Dakkāan Dakkāan

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

89:22

وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلۡمَلَكُ صَفّٗا صَفّٗا ٢٢

Wa Jā'a Rabbuka Wa Al-Malaku Şaffāan Şaffāan

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

89:23

وَجِاْيٓءَ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بِجَهَنَّمَۚ يَوۡمَئِذٖ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ ٢٣

Wa Jī'a Yawma'idhin Bijahannama ۚ Yawma'idhin Yatadhakkaru Al-'Insānu Wa 'Anná Lahu Adh-Dhikrá

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

89:24

يَقُولُ يَٰلَيۡتَنِي قَدَّمۡتُ لِحَيَاتِي ٢٤

Yaqūlu Yā Laytanī Qaddamtu Liĥayātī

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

89:25

فَيَوۡمَئِذٖ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٞ ٢٥

Fayawma'idhin Lā Yu`adhdhibu `Adhābahu 'Aĥadun

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

89:26

وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٞ ٢٦

Wa Lā Yūthiqu Wathāqahu 'Aĥadun

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

89:27

يَٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفۡسُ ٱلۡمُطۡمَئِنَّةُ ٢٧

Yā 'Ayyatuhā An-Nafsu Al-Muţma'innahu

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

89:28

ٱرۡجِعِيٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةٗ مَّرۡضِيَّةٗ ٢٨

Arji`ī 'Ilá Rabbiki Rāđiyatan Marđīyahan

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

89:29

فَٱدۡخُلِي فِي عِبَٰدِي ٢٩

Fādkhulī Fī `Ibādī

And enter among My [righteous] servants

89:30

وَٱدۡخُلِي جَنَّتِي ٣٠

Wa Adkhulī Jannatī

And enter My Paradise."

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