الْفَجْرِ

وَٱلۡفَجۡرِ

Translation: By the break of Day

وَلَيَالٍ عَشۡرࣲ

Translation: By the Nights twice five

وَٱلشَّفۡعِ وَٱلۡوَتۡرِ

Translation: By the even and odd (contrasted)

وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَسۡرِ

Translation: And by the Night when it passeth away

هَلۡ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمࣱ لِّذِي حِجۡرٍ

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

أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَيۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ

Translation: Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad (people)

إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلۡعِمَادِ

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

ٱلَّتِي لَمۡ يُخۡلَقۡ مِثۡلُهَا فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ

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

وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُواْ ٱلصَّخۡرَ بِٱلۡوَادِ

Translation: And with the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley

وَفِرۡعَوۡنَ ذِي ٱلۡأَوۡتَادِ

Translation: And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes

ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ

Translation: (All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands

فَأَكۡثَرُواْ فِيهَا ٱلۡفَسَادَ

Translation: And heaped therein mischief (on mischief)

فَصَبَّ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّكَ سَوۡطَ عَذَابٍ

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

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلۡمِرۡصَادِ

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

فَأَمَّا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبۡتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكۡرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّيٓ أَكۡرَمَنِ

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

وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبۡتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيۡهِ رِزۡقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّيٓ أَهَٰنَنِ

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

كَلَّاۖ بَل لَّا تُكۡرِمُونَ ٱلۡيَتِيمَ

Translation: Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans

وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينِ

Translation: Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor

وَتَأۡكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكۡلࣰ ا لَّمࣰّ ا

Translation: And ye devour inheritance - all with greed

وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡمَالَ حُبࣰّ ا جَمࣰّ ا

Translation: And ye love wealth with inordinate love

كَلَّآۖ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ دَكࣰّ ا دَكࣰّ ا

Translation: Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder

وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلۡمَلَكُ صَفࣰّ ا صَفࣰّ ا

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

وَجِاْيٓءَ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بِجَهَنَّمَۚ يَوۡمَئِذࣲ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ

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

يَقُولُ يَٰلَيۡتَنِي قَدَّمۡتُ لِحَيَاتِي

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

فَيَوۡمَئِذࣲ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدࣱ

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

وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدࣱ

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

يَٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفۡسُ ٱلۡمُطۡمَئِنَّةُ

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

ٱرۡجِعِيٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةࣰ مَّرۡضِيَّةࣰ

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

فَٱدۡخُلِي فِي عِبَٰدِي

Translation: Enter thou, then, among My devotees

وَٱدۡخُلِي جَنَّتِي

Translation: Yea, enter thou My Heaven