Al-Fajr

Waalfajri

Wa Al-Fajri

By the Dawn

Walayalin AAashrin

Wa Layālin `Ashrin

by the ten nights

WaalshshafAAi waalwatri

Wa Ash-Shaf`i Wa Al-Watri

by the Even and the Odd

Waallayli itha yasri

Wa Al-Layli 'Idhā Yasri

by the night when it departs

Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin

Hal Fī Dhālika Qasamun Lidhī Ĥijrin

Is there an oath in that for one possessing intellect

Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin

Alam Tara Kayfa Fa`ala Rabbuka Bi`ādin

Have you not regarded how your Lord dealt with [the people of] ‘Ad

Irama thati alAAimadi

Irama Dhāti Al-`Imādi

[and] Iram, [the city] of the pillars

Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi

Allatī Lam Yukhlaq Mithluhā Fī Al-Bilādi

the like of which was not created among cities

Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi

Wa Thamūda Al-Ladhīna Jābū Aş-Şakhra Bil-Wādi

and [the people of] Thamud, who hollowed out the rocks in the valley

WafirAAawna thee alawtadi

Wa Fir`awna Dhī Al-'Awtādi

and Pharaoh, the impaler

Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi

Al-Ladhīna Ţaghaw Fī Al-Bilādi

—those who rebelled [against Allah] in their cities

Faaktharoo feeha alfasada

Fa'aktharū Fīhā Al-Fasāda

and caused much corruption in them

Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin

Faşabba `Alayhim Rabbuka Sawţa `Adhābin

so your Lord poured on them lashes of punishment

Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi

Inna Rabbaka Labiālmirşādi

Indeed your Lord is in ambush

Faamma alinsanu itha ma ibtalahu rabbuhu faakramahu wanaAAAAamahu fayaqoolu rabbee akramani

Fa'ammā Al-'Insānu 'Idhā Mā Abtalāhu Rabbuhu Fa'akramahu Wa Na``amahu Fayaqūlu Rabbī 'Akramani

As for man, whenever his Lord tests him, and grants him honour, and blesses him, he says, ‘My Lord has honoured me.’

Waamma itha ma ibtalahu faqadara AAalayhi rizqahu fayaqoolu rabbee ahanani

Wa 'Ammā 'Idhā Mā Abtalāhu Faqadara `Alayhi Rizqahu Fayaqūlu Rabbī 'Ahānani

But when He tests him and tightens for him his provision, he says, ‘My Lord has humiliated me.’

Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema

Kallā Bal Lā Tukrimūna Al-Yatīma

No indeed! No, you do not honour the orphan

Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni

Wa Lā Taĥāđđūna `Alá Ţa`āmi Al-Miskīni

and do not urge the feeding of the needy

Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman

Wa Ta'kulūna At-Turātha 'Aklāan Lammāan

You eat the inheritance rapaciously

Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman

Wa Tuĥibbūna Al-Māla Ĥubbāan Jammāan

and love wealth with much fondness

Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan

Kallā 'Idhā Dukkati Al-'Arđu Dakkāan Dakkāan

No indeed! When the earth is levelled to a plain

Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan

Wa Jā'a Rabbuka Wa Al-Malaku Şaffāan Şaffāan

and your Lord [’s edict] arrives with the angels in ranks

Wajeea yawmaithin bijahannama yawmaithin yatathakkaru alinsanu waanna lahu alththikra

Wa Jī'a Yawma'idhin Bijahannama Yawma'idhin Yatadhakkaru Al-'Insānu Wa 'Anná Lahu Adh-Dhikrá

the day when hell is brought [near], man will take admonition on that day, but what will that admonition avail him

Yaqoolu ya laytanee qaddamtu lihayatee

Yaqūlu Yā Laytanī Qaddamtu Liĥayātī

He will say, ‘Alas, had I sent ahead for my life [in the Hereafter]!’

Fayawmaithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu ahadun

Fayawma'idhin Lā Yu`adhibu `Adhābahu 'Aĥadun

On that day none shall punish as He punishes

Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun

Wa Lā Yūthiqu Wathāqahu 'Aĥadun

and none shall bind as He binds

Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu

Yā 'Ayyatuhā An-Nafsu Al-Muţma'innahu

‘O soul at peace

IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan

Arji`ī 'Ilá Rabbiki Rāđiyatan Marđīyahan

Return to your Lord, pleased and pleasing

Faodkhulee fee AAibadee

Fādkhulī Fī `Ibādī

Then enter among My servants

Waodkhulee jannatee

Wa Adkhulī Jannatī

and enter My paradise!’