Surah Al-Fajr

وَٱلْفَجْرِ ۝١

By the Dawn,

وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ ۝٢

by the Ten Nights,

وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ ۝٣

by the even and the odd,

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ ۝٤

and by the passing night,

هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ ۝٥

is there not in this strong evidence for a man of sense?

أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ ۝٦

Have you not heard of how your Lord dealt with the tribe of 'Ad,

إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ ۝٧

the people of Iram, the city of many pillars,

ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ ۝٨

the like of which has never been created in the land,

وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ ۝٩

and with the Thamud, who cut out [huge] rocks in the valley,

وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ ۝١٠

and with Pharaoh of the stakes?

ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ ۝١١

All of them committed excesses in their lands,

فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ ۝١٢

and caused much corruption in them:

فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ ۝١٣

so your Lord unleashed on them the scourge of punishment:

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ ۝١٤

for, indeed, your Sustainer is ever on the watch!

فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ ۝١٥

As for man, when his Lord tests him, through honour and blessings, he says, "My Lord has honoured me,"

وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَٰنَنِ ۝١٦

but when He tests him by straitening his means of livelihood, he says, "My Lord has disgraced me."

كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ ۝١٧

No indeed, but you show no kindness to the orphan,

وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ ۝١٨

nor do you urge one another to feed the poor,

وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا ۝١٩

and you greedily devour the inheritance of the weak,

وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا ۝٢٠

and you have a love of wealth which can never be satisfied.

كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا ۝٢١

No indeed! When the earth is crushed and ground to dust,

وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا ۝٢٢

when your Lord comes down with the angels, rank upon rank,

وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ ۝٢٣

and Hell is made to appear on that Day, then man will be mindful, but what will being mindful then avail him?

يَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى ۝٢٤

He will say, "Oh, would that I had provided beforehand for my life!"

فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ ۝٢٥

On that Day no one will punish as He punishes,

وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ ۝٢٦

and none can bind with bonds like His!

يَٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ ۝٢٧

[But to the righteous, God will say], "O soul at peace,

ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً ۝٢٨

return to your Lord, well-pleased, well-pleasing.

فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَٰدِى ۝٢٩

Join My servants.

وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى ۝٣٠

Enter My Paradise."