Surah Al-Fajr - English Translation by Ali Unal

وَٱلۡفَجۡرِ

By the dawn
Surah Al-Fajr, Verse 1

وَلَيَالٍ عَشۡرٖ

And ten nights
Surah Al-Fajr, Verse 2

وَٱلشَّفۡعِ وَٱلۡوَتۡرِ

And the even and the odd
Surah Al-Fajr, Verse 3

وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَسۡرِ

And the night as it journeys on (towards an end)
Surah Al-Fajr, Verse 4

هَلۡ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٞ لِّذِي حِجۡرٍ

Is there not in that a solemn oath for one endowed with reason (to reflect upon, so that it may guide him to the truth and keep him away from evils)
Surah Al-Fajr, Verse 5

أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَيۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ

Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with the (tribe of) ‘Ad
Surah Al-Fajr, Verse 6

إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلۡعِمَادِ

(The people of) Iram with many-columned (i.e. monumental) buildings
Surah Al-Fajr, Verse 7

ٱلَّتِي لَمۡ يُخۡلَقۡ مِثۡلُهَا فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ

The like of which had not been created in the land
Surah Al-Fajr, Verse 8

وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُواْ ٱلصَّخۡرَ بِٱلۡوَادِ

And with (the tribe of) Thamud, who hewed rocks in the valley (to make dwellings)
Surah Al-Fajr, Verse 9

وَفِرۡعَوۡنَ ذِي ٱلۡأَوۡتَادِ

And with the Pharaoh, who had formidable strongholds
Surah Al-Fajr, Verse 10

ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ

(All of) these rebelled (and transgressed all bounds) in the lands (where they lived)
Surah Al-Fajr, Verse 11

فَأَكۡثَرُواْ فِيهَا ٱلۡفَسَادَ

And increased manifold disorder and corruption therein
Surah Al-Fajr, Verse 12

فَصَبَّ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّكَ سَوۡطَ عَذَابٍ

Therefore your Lord let loose on them a scourge of punishment (coming in different forms)
Surah Al-Fajr, Verse 13

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلۡمِرۡصَادِ

Your Lord is ever on the watch (over human and tests him in the blessings with which He favors him)
Surah Al-Fajr, Verse 14

فَأَمَّا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبۡتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكۡرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّيٓ أَكۡرَمَنِ

And so, human – when his Lord tries him by bestowing favors on him – says: "My Lord has honored me
Surah Al-Fajr, Verse 15

وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبۡتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيۡهِ رِزۡقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّيٓ أَهَٰنَنِ

But whenever He tries him by straitening his means of livelihood, then he says, "My Lord has humiliated me
Surah Al-Fajr, Verse 16

كَلَّاۖ بَل لَّا تُكۡرِمُونَ ٱلۡيَتِيمَ

No indeed! You (O people) do not treat the orphan with kindness and generosity
Surah Al-Fajr, Verse 17

وَلَا تَحَـٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينِ

And do not urge one another to feed the destitute
Surah Al-Fajr, Verse 18

وَتَأۡكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكۡلٗا لَّمّٗا

And you consume inheritance (belonging to you or others) with greed (without distinction of the lawful and unlawful)
Surah Al-Fajr, Verse 19

وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡمَالَ حُبّٗا جَمّٗا

And you love wealth with a boundless ardor for it and for hoarding
Surah Al-Fajr, Verse 20

كَلَّآۖ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ دَكّٗا دَكّٗا

No indeed! When the earth is pounded to dust with pounding after pounding
Surah Al-Fajr, Verse 21

وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلۡمَلَكُ صَفّٗا صَفّٗا

And your Lord comes (unveils His Power and Majesty), and the angels in row upon row
Surah Al-Fajr, Verse 22

وَجِاْيٓءَ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بِجَهَنَّمَۚ يَوۡمَئِذٖ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ

And on that Day Hell is brought (forward); on that Day human will come to understand (what being favored with bounties meant and how he should have responded), but what will that understanding (then) avail him
Surah Al-Fajr, Verse 23

يَقُولُ يَٰلَيۡتَنِي قَدَّمۡتُ لِحَيَاتِي

He will say: "Would that I had forwarded (some good deeds) for my life (to come)
Surah Al-Fajr, Verse 24

فَيَوۡمَئِذٖ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٞ

None can punish as He will punish on that Day
Surah Al-Fajr, Verse 25

وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٞ

And none can bind as He will bind (on that Day)
Surah Al-Fajr, Verse 26

يَـٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفۡسُ ٱلۡمُطۡمَئِنَّةُ

(But to the righteous God will say:) "O you soul at rest (content with the truths of faith and God’s commands and His treatment of His creatures)
Surah Al-Fajr, Verse 27