Surah Al-Fajr

Verse 89:1

وَالْفَجْرِ ۟ۙ

Wal-Fajr;

By the dawn,

Verse 89:2

وَلَیَالٍ عَشْرٍ ۟ۙ

Wa-Layaalin ʻashr;

and the ten nights,

Verse 89:3

وَّالشَّفْعِ وَالْوَتْرِ ۟ۙ

Wash-Shafʻi wal-watr;

and the even and the odd,

Verse 89:4

وَالَّیْلِ اِذَا یَسْرِ ۟ۚ

Wallayli ʹiẓaa yasr;

and the night when it passes!

Verse 89:5

هَلْ فِیْ ذٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِیْ حِجْرٍ ۟ؕ

Hal fee ẓaalika q̣asamul liẓee ḥijr?

Is all this ˹not˺ a sufficient oath for those who have sense?

Verse 89:6

اَلَمْ تَرَ كَیْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ ۟

ʹAlam tara kayfa faʻala Rabbuka biʻAad,―

Did you not see how your Lord dealt with ’Ȃd—

Verse 89:7

اِرَمَ ذَاتِ الْعِمَادِ ۟

ʹIrama Ẓaatil ʻimaad,

˹the people˺ of Iram—with ˹their˺ great stature,

Verse 89:8

الَّتِیْ لَمْ یُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِی الْبِلَادِ ۟

ʹAllatee lam yukhlaq̣ mis̤luhaa fil bilaad?

unmatched in any other land;

Verse 89:9

وَثَمُوْدَ الَّذِیْنَ جَابُوا الصَّخْرَ بِالْوَادِ ۟

Wa-S̤amoodal laẓeena jaabuṣ ṣakhra bil-waad?

and Thamûd who carved ˹their homes into˺ the rocks in the ˹Stone˺ Valley;

Verse 89:10

وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِی الْاَوْتَادِ ۟

Wa-Firʻawna ẓil ʹawtaad?

and the Pharaoh of mighty structures?

Verse 89:11

الَّذِیْنَ طَغَوْا فِی الْبِلَادِ ۟

ʹAllaẓeena ṭag̣aw fil bilaad.

They all transgressed throughout the land,

Verse 89:12

فَاَكْثَرُوْا فِیْهَا الْفَسَادَ ۟

Faʹaks̤aroo fihal fasaad.

spreading much corruption there.

Verse 89:13

فَصَبَّ عَلَیْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ ۟ۚۙ

Faṣabba ʻalayhim Rabbuka sawṭa ʻaẓaab:

So your Lord unleashed on them a scourge of punishment.

Verse 89:14

اِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِالْمِرْصَادِ ۟ؕ

ʹInna Rabbaka labilmirṣaad.

˹For˺ your Lord is truly vigilant.

Verse 89:15

فَاَمَّا الْاِنْسَانُ اِذَا مَا ابْتَلٰىهُ رَبُّهٗ فَاَكْرَمَهٗ وَنَعَّمَهٗ ۙ۬ فَیَقُوْلُ رَبِّیْۤ اَكْرَمَنِ ۟ؕ

Faʹammal ʹiñsaanu ʹiẓaa mab talaahu Rabbuhoo faʹakramahoo wa-naʻ-ʻamah, fayaq̣oolu Rabbeee ʹakraman.

Now, whenever a human being is tested by their Lord through ˹His˺ generosity and blessings, they boast, “My Lord has ˹deservedly˺ honoured me!”

Verse 89:16

وَاَمَّاۤ اِذَا مَا ابْتَلٰىهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَیْهِ رِزْقَهٗ ۙ۬ فَیَقُوْلُ رَبِّیْۤ اَهَانَنِ ۟ۚ

Wa-ʹammaaa ʹiẓaa mab talaahu faq̣adara ʻalayhi rizq̣ah, fayaq̣oolu Rabbeee ʹahaanan.

But when He tests them by limiting their provision, they protest, “My Lord has ˹undeservedly˺ humiliated me!”

Verse 89:17

كَلَّا بَلْ لَّا تُكْرِمُوْنَ الْیَتِیْمَ ۟ۙ

Kallaa bal laa tukrimoonal yateem.

Absolutely not! In fact, you are not ˹even˺ gracious to the orphan,

Verse 89:18

وَلَا تَحٰٓضُّوْنَ عَلٰی طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِیْنِ ۟ۙ

Wa-laa taḥaaaḍḍoona ʻalaa ṭaʻaamil miskeen!―

nor do you urge one another to feed the poor.

Verse 89:19

وَتَاْكُلُوْنَ التُّرَاثَ اَكْلًا لَّمًّا ۟ۙ

Wa-taʹkuloonat Turaas̤a ʹaklal lammaa,

And you devour ˹others’˺ inheritance greedily,

Verse 89:20

وَّتُحِبُّوْنَ الْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا ۟ؕ

Wa-tuḥibboonal maala ḥubbañ jammaa.

and love wealth fervently.

Verse 89:21

كَلَّاۤ اِذَا دُكَّتِ الْاَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا ۟ۙ

Kallaaa ʹiẓaa dukkatil ʹarḍu dakkañ dakkaa,

Enough! When the earth is entirely crushed over and over,

Verse 89:22

وَّجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَالْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا ۟ۚ

Wa-jaaaʹa Rabbuka wal-malaku ṣaffañ ṣaffaa,

and your Lord comes ˹to judge˺ with angels, rank upon rank,

Verse 89:23

وَجِایْٓءَ یَوْمَىِٕذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۙ۬ یَوْمَىِٕذٍ یَّتَذَكَّرُ الْاِنْسَانُ وَاَنّٰی لَهُ الذِّكْرٰی ۟ؕ

Wa-jeeeʹa Yawmaʹiẓim bi-Jahannam, Yawmaʹiẓiñy yataẓakkarul ʹiñsaanu wa-ʹannaa lahuẓ ẓikraa?

and Hell is brought forth on that Day—this is when every ˹disbelieving˺ person will remember ˹their own sins˺. But what is the use of remembering then?

Verse 89:24

یَقُوْلُ یٰلَیْتَنِیْ قَدَّمْتُ لِحَیَاتِیْ ۟ۚ

Yaq̣oolu yaa-laytanee q̣addamtu li-Ḥayaatee!

They will cry, “I wish I had sent forth ˹something good˺ for my ˹true˺ life.”

Verse 89:25

فَیَوْمَىِٕذٍ لَّا یُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهٗۤ اَحَدٌ ۟ۙ

Fa-Yawmaʹiẓil laa yuʻaẓẓibu ʻAẓaabahooo ʹaḥad,

On that Day He will punish ˹them˺ severely, like no other,

Verse 89:26

وَّلَا یُوْثِقُ وَثَاقَهٗۤ اَحَدٌ ۟ؕ

Wa-laa yoos̤iq̣u wa-s̤aaq̣ahooo ʹaḥad.

and bind ˹them˺ tightly, like no other.

Verse 89:27

یٰۤاَیَّتُهَا النَّفْسُ الْمُطْمَىِٕنَّةُ ۟ۗۖ

Yaaaʹayyatuhan Nafsul muṭmaʹinnah!

˹Allah will say to the righteous,˺ “O tranquil soul!

Verse 89:28

ارْجِعِیْۤ اِلٰی رَبِّكِ رَاضِیَةً مَّرْضِیَّةً ۟ۚ

ʹIrjiʻeee ʹilaa Rabbiki raaḍiyatam marḍiyyah!

Return to your Lord, well pleased ˹with Him˺ and well pleasing ˹to Him˺.

Verse 89:29

فَادْخُلِیْ فِیْ عِبٰدِیْ ۟ۙ

Fadkhulee fee ʻIbaadee!

So join My servants,

Verse 89:30

وَادْخُلِیْ جَنَّتِیْ ۟۠

Wadkhulee Jannatee!

and enter My Paradise.”