Surah Al-Fajr (The Dawn)

وَٱلْفَجْرِ

89:1 By the dawn,

وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ

89:2 and the ten nights,

وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ

89:3 and the even and the odd,

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ

89:4 and the night when it passes!

هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ

89:5 Is all this [not] a sufficient oath for those who have sense?

أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ

89:6 Did you not see how your Lord dealt with ’Ȃd—

إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ

89:7 [the people] of Iram—with [their] great stature,

ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ

89:8 unmatched in any other land;

وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ

89:9 and Thamûd who carved [their homes into] the rocks in the [Stone] Valley;

وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ

89:10 and the Pharaoh of mighty structures?

ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ

89:11 They all transgressed throughout the land,

فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ

89:12 spreading much corruption there.

فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ

89:13 So your Lord unleashed on them a scourge of punishment.

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ

89:14 [For] your Lord is truly vigilant.

فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ

89:15 Now, whenever a human being is tested by their Lord through [His] generosity and blessings, they boast, “My Lord has [deservedly] honoured me!”

وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَـٰنَنِ

89:16 But when He tests them by limiting their provision, they protest, “My Lord has [undeservedly] humiliated me!”

كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ

89:17 Absolutely not! In fact, you are not [even] gracious to the orphan,

وَلَا تَحَـٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ

89:18 nor do you urge one another to feed the poor.

وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا

89:19 And you devour [others’] inheritance greedily,

وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا

89:20 and love wealth fervently.

كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا

89:21 Enough! When the earth is entirely crushed over and over,

وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا

89:22 and your Lord comes [to judge] with angels, rank upon rank,

وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ

89:23 and Hell is brought forth on that Day—this is when every [disbelieving] person will remember [their own sins]. But what is the use of remembering then?

يَقُولُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى

89:24 They will cry, “I wish I had sent forth [something good] for my [true] life.”

فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

89:25 On that Day He will punish [them] severely, like no other,

وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

89:26 and bind [them] tightly, like no other.

يَـٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ

89:27 [Allah will say to the righteous,] “O tranquil soul!

ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً

89:28 Return to your Lord, well pleased [with Him] and well pleasing [to Him].

فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَـٰدِى

89:29 So join My servants,

وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى

89:30 and enter My Paradise.”