Al-Fajr

وَٱلْفَجْرِ

Wal-Fajr;

By the dawn

وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ

Wa-Layaalin ʻashr;

And [by] ten nights

وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ

Wash-Shafʻi wal-watr;

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

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ

Wallayli ʹiẓaa yasr;

And [by] the night when it passes,

هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ

Hal fee ẓaalika q̣asamul liẓee ḥijr?

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

أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ

ʹAlam tara kayfa faʻala Rabbuka biʻAad,―

Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with ʿAad -

إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ

ʹIrama Ẓaatil ʻimaad,

[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,

ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ

ʹAllatee lam yukhlaq̣ mis̤luhaa fil bilaad?

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

وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ

Wa-S̤amoodal laẓeena jaabuṣ ṣakhra bil-waad?

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

وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ

Wa-Firʻawna ẓil ʹawtaad?

And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes?

ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ

ʹAllaẓeena ṭag̣aw fil bilaad.

[All of] whom oppressed within the lands

فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ

Faʹaks̤aroo fihal fasaad.

And increased therein the corruption.

فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ

Faṣabba ʻalayhim Rabbuka sawṭa ʻaẓaab:

So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ

ʹInna Rabbaka labilmirṣaad.

Indeed, your Lord is in observation.

فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ

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

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."

وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَـٰنَنِ

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

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

كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ

Kallaa bal laa tukrimoonal yateem.

No! But you do not honor the orphan

وَلَا تَحَـٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ

Wa-laa taḥaaaḍḍoona ʻalaa ṭaʻaamil miskeen!―

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

وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا

Wa-taʹkuloonat Turaas̤a ʹaklal lammaa,

And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,

وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا

Wa-tuḥibboonal maala ḥubbañ jammaa.

And you love wealth with immense love.

كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا

Kallaaa ʹiẓaa dukkatil ʹarḍu dakkañ dakkaa,

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

وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا

Wa-jaaaʹa Rabbuka wal-malaku ṣaffañ ṣaffaa,

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

وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ

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

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

يَقُولُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى

Yaq̣oolu yaa-laytanee q̣addamtu li-Ḥayaatee!

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

فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

Fa-Yawmaʹiẓil laa yuʻaẓẓibu ʻAẓaabahooo ʹaḥad,

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

وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

Wa-laa yoos̤iq̣u wa-s̤aaq̣ahooo ʹaḥad.

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

يَـٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ

Yaaaʹayyatuhan Nafsul muṭmaʹinnah!

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

ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً

ʹIrjiʻeee ʹilaa Rabbiki raaḍiyatam marḍiyyah!

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

فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَـٰدِى

Fadkhulee fee ʻIbaadee!

And enter among My [righteous] servants

وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى

Wadkhulee Jannatee!

And enter My Paradise."