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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

وَٱلْفَجْرِ

Waalfajri

By the dawn

By the break of Day

Al Fajr  1    

وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍۢ

Walayalin AAashrin

And [by] ten nights

By the Nights twice five;

Al Fajr  2    

وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ

WaalshshafAAi waalwatri

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

By the even and odd (contrasted);

Al Fajr  3    

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ

Waallayli itha yasri

And [by] the night when it passes,

And by the Night when it passeth away;-

Al Fajr  4    

هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌۭ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ

Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin

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

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

Al Fajr  5    

أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ

Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin

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

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

Al Fajr  6    

إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ

Irama thati alAAimadi

[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,

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

Al Fajr  7    

ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ

Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi

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

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

Al Fajr  8    

وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ

Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi

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

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

Al Fajr  9    

وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ

WafirAAawna thee alawtadi

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

And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?

Al Fajr  10    

ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ

Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi

[All of] whom oppressed within the lands

(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,

Al Fajr  11    

فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ

Faaktharoo feeha alfasada

And increased therein the corruption.

And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).

Al Fajr  12    

فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ

Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin

So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.

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

Al Fajr  13    

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ

Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi

Indeed, your Lord is in observation.

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

Al Fajr  14    

فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ

Faamma alinsanu itha ma ibtalahu rabbuhu faakramahu wanaAAAAamahu fayaqoolu rabbee 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."

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

Al Fajr  15    

وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَـٰنَنِ

Waamma itha ma ibtalahu faqadara AAalayhi rizqahu fayaqoolu rabbee ahanani

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

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

Al Fajr  16    

كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ

Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema

No! But you do not honor the orphan

Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!

Al Fajr  17    

وَلَا تَحَـٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ

Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni

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

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

Al Fajr  18    

وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًۭا لَّمًّۭا

Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman

And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,

And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,

Al Fajr  19    

وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّۭا جَمًّۭا

Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman

And you love wealth with immense love.

And ye love wealth with inordinate love!

Al Fajr  20    

كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّۭا دَكًّۭا

Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan

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

Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,

Al Fajr  21    

وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّۭا صَفًّۭا

Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan

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

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

Al Fajr  22    

وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ

Wajeea yawmaithin bijahannama yawmaithin yatathakkaru alinsanu waanna lahu alththikra

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

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

Al Fajr  23    

يَقُولُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى

Yaqoolu ya laytanee qaddamtu lihayatee

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

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

Al Fajr  24    

فَيَوْمَئِذٍۢ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌۭ

Fayawmaithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu ahadun

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

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

Al Fajr  25    

وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌۭ

Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun

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

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

Al Fajr  26    

يَـٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ

Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu

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

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

Al Fajr  27    

ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةًۭ مَّرْضِيَّةًۭ

IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan

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

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

Al Fajr  28    

فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَـٰدِى

Faodkhulee fee AAibadee

And enter among My [righteous] servants

"Enter thou, then, among My devotees!

Al Fajr  29    

وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى

Waodkhulee jannatee

And enter My Paradise."

"Yea, enter thou My Heaven!

Al Fajr  30