Surah Al-Fajr

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 89:1 ▶

   وَٱلْفَجْرِ ﴿١﴾

   wal-fajr

   By the dawn

2. 89:2 ▶

   وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ ﴿٢﴾

   walayālin ʿashr

   And [by] ten nights

   Usually interpreted as the first ten nights of the month of Dhul-Ḥijjah.

3. 89:3 ▶

   وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ ﴿٣﴾

   wash-shafʿi wal-watr

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

4. 89:4 ▶

   وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ ﴿٤﴾

   wallayli 'idhā yasr

   And [by] the night when it passes,

5. 89:5 ▶

   هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ ﴿٥﴾

   hal fī dhālika qasamul lidhī ḥijr

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

   Based upon the following verses, what has been sworn to by Allāh is that He will certainly punish the disbelievers.

6. 89:6 ▶

   أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ ﴿٦﴾

   alam tara kayfa faʿala rabbuka biʿād

   Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with ʿAad -

7. 89:7 ▶

   إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ ﴿٧﴾

   irama dhāti l-ʿimād

   [With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,

   Another name for the first people of ʿAad, to whom Prophet Hūd was sent.

   Supporting their tents or buildings.

8. 89:8 ▶

   ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ ﴿٨﴾

   allatī lam yukhlaq mithluhā fi l-bilād

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

9. 89:9 ▶

   وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ ﴿٩﴾

   wathamūda lladhīna jābu ṣ-ṣakhra bil-wād

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

10. 89:10 ▶

    وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ ﴿١٠﴾

    wafirʿawna dhi l-awtād

    And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes?

    By which he tortured people.

11. 89:11 ▶

    ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ ﴿١١﴾

    alladhīna ṭaghaw fi l-bilād

    [All of] whom oppressed within the lands

12. 89:12 ▶

    فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ ﴿١٢﴾

    fa'aktharū fīha l-fasād

    And increased therein the corruption.

13. 89:13 ▶

    فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ ﴿١٣﴾

    faṣabba ʿalayhim rabbuka sawṭa ʿadhāb

    So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.

14. 89:14 ▶

    إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ ﴿١٤﴾

    inna rabbaka labil-mirṣād

    Indeed, your Lord is in observation.

15. 89:15 ▶

    فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ ﴿١٥﴾

    fa'amma l-insānu 'idhā ma btalāhu rabbuhū fa'akramahū wanaʿʿamahū fayaqūlu rabbī 'akraman

    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."

    He is proud rather than grateful, attributing the favor to his own merit.

16. 89:16 ▶

    وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَـٰنَنِ ﴿١٦﴾

    wa'ammā 'idhā ma btalāhu faqadara ʿalayhi rizqahū fayaqūlu rabbī 'ahānan

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

17. 89:17 ▶

    كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ ﴿١٧﴾

    kallā | bal lā tukrimūna l-yatīm

    No! But you do not honor the orphan

    It is not like you imagine. Rather, Allāh tries people through prosperity and hardship and rewards both gratitude and patience with honor in the Hereafter.

18. 89:18 ▶

    وَلَا تَحَـٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ ﴿١٨﴾

    walā taḥāḍḍūna ʿalā ṭaʿāmi l-miskīn

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

19. 89:19 ▶

    وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا ﴿١٩﴾

    wata'kulūna t-turātha 'aklal lammā

    And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,

    Not caring whether it is lawful or unlawful.

20. 89:20 ▶

    وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا ﴿٢٠﴾

    watuḥibbūna l-māla ḥubban jammā

    And you love wealth with immense love.

21. 89:21 ▶

    كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا ﴿٢١﴾

    kallā 'idhā dukkati l-arḍu dakkan dakkā

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

22. 89:22 ▶

    وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا ﴿٢٢﴾

    wajā'a rabbuka wal-malaku ṣaffan ṣaffā

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

    To pass judgement. See footnote to 2:19.

23. 89:23 ▶

    وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ ﴿٢٣﴾

    wajī'a yawma'idhim bijahannam | yawma'idhiy yatadhakkaru l-insānu wa'annā lahu dh-dhikrā

    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?

24. 89:24 ▶

    يَقُولُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى ﴿٢٤﴾

    yaqūlu yālaytanī qaddamtu liḥayātī

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

    The everlasting life of the Hereafter.

25. 89:25 ▶

    فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ ﴿٢٥﴾

    fayawma'idhil lā yuʿadhdhibu ʿadhābahū 'aḥad

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

26. 89:26 ▶

    وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ ﴿٢٦﴾

    walā yūthiqu wathāqahū 'aḥad

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

27. 89:27 ▶

    يَـٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ ﴿٢٧﴾

    yā'ayyatuha n-nafsu l-muṭma'innah

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

28. 89:28 ▶

    ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً ﴿٢٨﴾

    irjiʿī 'ilā rabbiki rāḍiyatam marḍiyyah

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

29. 89:29 ▶

    فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَـٰدِى ﴿٢٩﴾

    fadkhulī fī ʿibādī

    And enter among My [righteous] servants

30. 89:30 ▶

    وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى ﴿٣٠﴾

    wadkhulī jannatī

    And enter My Paradise."

In the transliteration, “|”: the reciter stops; “·”: sakt, a brief cut without taking a breath.