Quran · Surah
Surah Al-Fajr (الفجر) — The Dawn
Surah 89 · 30 verses · Meccan
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلْفَجْرِ
By the dawn
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وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ
and the ten nights
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وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ
and the even and the odd
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وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ
and the night when it passes
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هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ
Is all this ˹not˺ a sufficient oath for those who have sense
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أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
Did you not see how your Lord dealt with ’Ȃd—
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إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ
˹the people˺ of Iram—with ˹their˺ great stature
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ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ
unmatched in any other land
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وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ
and Thamûd who carved ˹their homes into˺ the rocks in the ˹Stone˺ Valley
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وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ
and the Pharaoh of mighty structures
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ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ
They all transgressed throughout the land
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فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ
spreading much corruption there
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فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ
So your Lord unleashed on them a scourge of punishment
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إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ
˹For˺ your Lord is truly vigilant
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فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ
Now, whenever a human being is tested by their Lord through ˹His˺ generosity and blessings, they boast, “My Lord has ˹deservedly˺ honoured me!”
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وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَٰنَنِ
But when He tests them by limiting their provision, they protest, “My Lord has ˹undeservedly˺ humiliated me!”
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كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ
Absolutely not! In fact, you are not ˹even˺ gracious to the orphan
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وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ
nor do you urge one another to feed the poor
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وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا
And you devour ˹others’˺ inheritance greedily
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وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا
and love wealth fervently
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كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا
Enough! When the earth is entirely crushed over and over
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وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا
and your Lord comes ˹to judge˺ with angels, rank upon rank
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وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ
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
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يَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى
They will cry, “I wish I had sent forth ˹something good˺ for my ˹true˺ life.”
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فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
On that Day He will punish ˹them˺ severely, like no other
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وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
and bind ˹them˺ tightly, like no other
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يَٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ
˹Allah will say to the righteous,˺ “O tranquil soul
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ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً
Return to your Lord, well pleased ˹with Him˺ and well pleasing ˹to Him˺
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فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَٰدِى
So join My servants
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وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى
and enter My Paradise.”
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English translation: The Clear Quran (Dr. Mustafa Khattab). Arabic: Tanzil / Uthmani text.