وَٱلْفَجْرِ
By the dawnSaheeh International
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
وَٱلْفَجْرِ
By the dawnSaheeh International
وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ
And [by] ten nightsSaheeh International
وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ
And [by] the even [number] and the oddSaheeh International
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ
And [by] the night when it passes,Saheeh International
هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ
Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?Saheeh International
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with ʿAad -Saheeh International
إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ
[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,Saheeh International
ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ
The likes of whom had never been created in the land?Saheeh International
وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ
And [with] Thamūd, who carved out the rocks in the valley?Saheeh International
وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ
And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes?Saheeh International
ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ
[All of] whom oppressed within the landsSaheeh International
فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ
And increased therein the corruption.Saheeh International
فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ
So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.Saheeh International
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ
Indeed, your Lord is in observation.Saheeh International
فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ
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."Saheeh International
وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَـٰنَنِ
But when He tries him and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated me."Saheeh International
كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ
No! But you do not honor the orphanSaheeh International
وَلَا تَحَـٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ
And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.Saheeh International
وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا
And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,Saheeh International
وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا
And you love wealth with immense love.Saheeh International
كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا
No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushedSaheeh International
وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا
And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon rank,Saheeh International
وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ
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?Saheeh International
يَقُولُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى
He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."Saheeh International
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment,Saheeh International
وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers].Saheeh International
يَـٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ
[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,Saheeh International
ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً
Return to your Lord, well-pleased and pleasing [to Him],Saheeh International
فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَـٰدِى
And enter among My [righteous] servantsSaheeh International
وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى
And enter My Paradise."Saheeh International
Al-Fajr swears by the dawn and ten nights, then recalls how 'Ad of Iram, Thamud who carved the rocks, and Pharaoh of the stakes tyrannized the lands — and how your Lord poured on them a scourge of punishment. It rebukes those who fail to honor the orphan and feed the poor, and closes with the tenderest of calls: 'O reassured soul, return to your Lord well-pleased and pleasing' (89:27–30).
Al-Fajr (الفجر) means "The Dawn" in English. It is chapter 89 of the Holy Quran.
Surah Al-Fajr has 30 verses (ayat). It appears on pages 593 to 594 of the mushaf.
Surah Al-Fajr is a Makki surah, revealed in Makkah before the Prophet's ﷺ migration to Madinah.