89. Surah Al-Fajr The Dawn

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّح۪يمِ

Bismi Allahi arrahmani arraheem

In the name of Allah, All-Merciful, Most Merciful

وَالْفَجْرِۙ

Walfajr

By the dawn

وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍۙ

Walayalin AAashr

and ten nights,

وَالشَّفْعِ وَالْوَتْرِۙ

WashshafAAi walwatr

and the even and odd,

وَالَّيْلِ اِذَا يَسْرِۚ

Wallayli itha yasr

and the night when it travels on,

هَلْ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِذ۪ي حِجْرٍۜ

Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijr

is there not in that an oath for the intelligent?

اَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍۙۖ

Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAad

Do you not see what your Lord did with ‘Ad –

اِرَمَ ذَاتِ الْعِمَادِۙۖ

Irama thati alAAimad

Iram of the Columns

اَلَّت۪ي لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِي الْبِلَادِۙۖ

Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albilad

whose like was not created in any land –

وَثَمُودَ الَّذ۪ينَ جَابُوا الصَّخْرَ بِالْوَادِۙۖ

Wathamooda allatheena jaboo assakhrabilwad

and Thamud who carved out rocks in the valley-side,

وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِي الْاَوْتَادِۙۖ

WafirAAawna thee al-awtad

and Pharaoh of the Stakes,

اَلَّذ۪ينَ طَغَوْا فِي الْبِلَادِۙۖ

Allatheena taghaw fee albilad

all of whom were tyrants in their lands

فَاَكْثَرُوا ف۪يهَا الْفَسَادَۙۖ

Faaktharoo feeha alfasad

and caused much corruption in them?

فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍۙۖ

Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawtaAAathab

So your Lord unleashed on them a scourging punishment;

اِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِالْمِرْصَادِۜ

Inna rabbaka labilmirsad

your Lord is always lying in wait.

فَاَمَّا الْاِنْسَانُ اِذَا مَا ابْتَلٰيهُ رَبُّهُ فَاَكْرَمَهُ وَنَعَّمَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبّ۪ٓي اَكْرَمَنِۜ

Faamma al-insanu itha maibtalahu rabbuhu faakramahu wanaAAAAamahu fayaqoolu rabbeeakraman

As for man, when his Lord tests him by honouring him and favouring him, he says, ‘My Lord has honoured me!’

وَاَمَّٓا اِذَا مَا ابْتَلٰيهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبّ۪ٓي اَهَانَنِۚ

Waamma itha ma ibtalahufaqadara AAalayhi rizqahu fayaqoolu rabbee ahanan

But then when He tests him by restricting his provision, he says, ‘My Lord has humiliated me!’

كَلَّا بَلْ لَا تُكْرِمُونَ الْيَت۪يمَۙ

Kalla bal la tukrimoonaalyateem

No indeed! You do not honour orphans

وَلَا تَحَٓاضُّونَ عَلٰى طَعَامِ الْمِسْك۪ينِۙ

Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAamialmiskeen

nor do you urge the feeding of the poor;

وَتَأْكُلُونَ التُّرَاثَ اَكْلاً لَماًّۙ

Wata/kuloona atturatha aklanlamma

you devour inheritance with voracious appetites

وَتُحِبُّونَ الْمَالَ حُباًّ جَماًّۜ

Watuhibboona almala hubbanjamma

and you have an insatiable love of wealth.

كَلَّٓا اِذَا دُكَّتِ الْاَرْضُ دَكاًّ دَكاًّۙ

Kalla itha dukkati al-ardudakkan dakka

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

وَجَٓاءَ رَبُّكَ وَالْمَلَكُ صَفاًّ صَفاًّۚ

Wajaa rabbuka walmalaku saffansaffa

and your Lord arrives with the angels rank upon rank

وَج۪ٓيءَ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِجَهَنَّمَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْاِنْسَانُ وَاَنّٰى لَهُ الذِّكْرٰىۜ

Wajee-a yawma-ithin bijahannamayawma-ithin yatathakkaru al-insanu waannalahu aththikra

and that Day Hell is produced, that Day man will remember; but how will the remembrance help him?

يَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَن۪ي قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَات۪يۚ

Yaqoolu ya laytanee qaddamtu lihayatee

He will say, ‘Oh! If only I had prepared in advance for this life of mine!’

فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُٓ اَحَدٌۙ

Fayawma-ithin la yuAAaththibuAAathabahu ahad

That Day no one will punish as He punishes

وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُٓ اَحَدٌۜ

Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahad

and no one will shackle as He shackles.

يَٓا اَيَّتُهَا النَّفْسُ الْمُطْمَئِنَّةُۗ

Ya ayyatuha annafsualmutma-inna

‘O self at rest and at peace,

اِرْجِع۪ٓي اِلٰى رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَرْضِيَّةًۚ

IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatanmardiyya

return to your Lord, well-pleasing and well-pleased!

فَادْخُل۪ي ف۪ي عِبَاد۪يۙ

Fadkhulee fee AAibadee

Enter among My slaves!

وَادْخُل۪ي جَنَّت۪ي

Wadkhulee jannatee

Enter My Garden. ’