الفجر

Waalfajri

By the dawn,

Walayalin AAashrin

and the ten nights[1],

WaalshshafAAi waalwatri

and the even and the odd[2],

Waallayli itha yasri

and by the night when it comes,

Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin

are these oaths not sufficient for those who have sense?

Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin

Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with ‘Ād

Irama thati alAAimadi

of Iram[3], who were people of great stature,

Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi

the like of whom had never been created in the land;

Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi

and Thamūd, who carved out the rocks in the Valley;

WafirAAawna thee alawtadi

and the mighty and powerful[4] Pharaoh?

Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi

All of them transgressed in the land,

Faaktharoo feeha alfasada

and spread therein much corruption,

Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin

so your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.

Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi

Indeed, your Lord is ever vigilant.

Faamma alinsanu itha ma ibtalahu rabbuhu faakramahu wanaAAAAamahu fayaqoolu rabbee akramani

As for man, when he is tested by his Lord by honoring him and bestowing blessings upon him, he says, “My Lord has [deservedly] honored me[5]!”

Waamma itha ma ibtalahu faqadara AAalayhi rizqahu fayaqoolu rabbee ahanani

But when he is tested by restricting his provision, he says, “My Lord has [undeservedly] humiliated me!”

Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema

No indeed[6]! You are not kind to the orphan,

Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni

nor do you urge one another to feed the needy,

Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman

and you greedily consume the entire inheritance[7],

Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman

and love wealth immensely.

Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan

No indeed! When the earth is crushed over and over,

Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan

and your Lord comes[8] with the angels, rank after rank,

Wajeea yawmaithin bijahannama yawmaithin yatathakkaru alinsanu waanna lahu alththikra

and Hell is brought near on that Day – this is when man will understand, but what is the use of that understanding?

Yaqoolu ya laytanee qaddamtu lihayatee

He will say, “Would that I had sent forth something for my [eternal] life!”

Fayawmaithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu ahadun

None can punish as He punishes on that Day,

Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun

and none can bind as He binds.

Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu

[It will be said to the believer,] “O the tranquil soul!

IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan

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

Faodkhulee fee AAibadee

Join My [righteous] slaves,

Waodkhulee jannatee

and enter My Paradise.”