Al-Fajr

وَالۡفَجۡرِۙ‏

By the dawn

وَلَيَالٍ عَشۡرٍۙ‏

And [by] ten nights1

وَّالشَّفۡعِ وَالۡوَتۡرِۙ‏

And [by] the even [number] and the odd

وَالَّيۡلِ اِذَا يَسۡرِ​ۚ‏

And [by] the night when it passes,

هَلۡ فِىۡ ذٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِىۡ حِجۡرٍؕ‏

Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?1

اَلَمۡ تَرَ كَيۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍۙ‏

Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with ʿAad -

اِرَمَ ذَاتِ الۡعِمَادِۙ‏

[With] Iram1 - who had lofty pillars,2

الَّتِىۡ لَمۡ يُخۡلَقۡ مِثۡلُهَا فِى الۡبِلَادِۙ‏

The likes of whom had never been created in the land?

وَثَمُوۡدَ الَّذِيۡنَ جَابُوا الصَّخۡرَ بِالۡوَادِۙ‏

And [with] Thamūd, who carved out the rocks in the valley?

وَفِرۡعَوۡنَ ذِى الۡاَوۡتَادِۙ‏

And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes?1

الَّذِيۡنَ طَغَوۡا فِى الۡبِلَادِۙ‏

[All of] whom oppressed within the lands

فَاَكۡثَرُوۡا فِيۡهَا الۡفَسَادَۙ‏

And increased therein the corruption.

فَصَبَّ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّكَ سَوۡطَ عَذَابٍ ۙۚ‏

So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.

اِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِالۡمِرۡصَادِؕ‏

Indeed, your Lord is in observation.

فَاَمَّا الۡاِنۡسَانُ اِذَا مَا ابۡتَلٰٮهُ رَبُّهٗ فَاَكۡرَمَهٗ وَنَعَّمَهٗ  ۙ فَيَقُوۡلُ رَبِّىۡۤ اَكۡرَمَنِؕ‏

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."1

وَاَمَّاۤ اِذَا مَا ابۡتَلٰٮهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيۡهِ رِزۡقَهٗ ۙ فَيَقُوۡلُ رَبِّىۡۤ اَهَانَنِ​ۚ‏

But when He tries him and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated me."

كَلَّا​ بَلۡ لَّا تُكۡرِمُوۡنَ الۡيَتِيۡمَۙ‏

No!1 But you do not honor the orphan

وَلَا تَحٰٓضُّوۡنَ عَلٰى طَعَامِ الۡمِسۡكِيۡنِۙ‏

And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.

وَتَاۡكُلُوۡنَ التُّرَاثَ اَكۡلًا لَّـمًّا ۙ‏

And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,1

وَّتُحِبُّوۡنَ الۡمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا ؕ‏

And you love wealth with immense love.

كَلَّاۤ اِذَا دُكَّتِ الۡاَرۡضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا ۙ‏

No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed

وَّجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَالۡمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا ۚ‏

And your Lord has come1 and the angels, rank upon rank,

وَجِاىْٓءَ يَوۡمَٮِٕذٍۢ بِجَهَنَّمَ  ۙ​ يَوۡمَٮِٕذٍ يَّتَذَكَّرُ الۡاِنۡسَانُ وَاَنّٰى لَـهُ الذِّكۡرٰىؕ‏

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?

يَقُوۡلُ يٰلَيۡتَنِىۡ قَدَّمۡتُ لِحَـيَاتِى​ۚ‏

He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."1

فَيَوۡمَٮِٕذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهٗۤ اَحَدٌ ۙ‏

So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment,

وَّلَا يُوۡثِقُ وَثَاقَهٗۤ اَحَدٌ ؕ‏

And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers].

يٰۤاَيَّتُهَا النَّفۡسُ الۡمُطۡمَٮِٕنَّةُ  ۖ‏

[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,

ارۡجِعِىۡۤ اِلٰى رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرۡضِيَّةً​ ۚ‏

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

فَادۡخُلِىۡ فِىۡ عِبٰدِىۙ‏

And enter among My [righteous] servants

وَادۡخُلِىۡ جَنَّتِى‏

And enter My Paradise."