# 89. Surah Al-Fajr

> سورة الفجر — The Dawn · 30 verses · Mushaf page: 593

- **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-al-fajr
- **Translation:** Sam Gerrans — The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

_In the name of God, the Almighty, the Merciful._

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّح۪يمِ

## Verse 1

وَالْفَجْرِۙ

Walfajr

By the dawn,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-fajr/verse-1.md_

## Verse 2

وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍۙ

Walayalin AAashr

And ten nights,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-fajr/verse-2.md_

## Verse 3

وَالشَّفْعِ وَالْوَتْرِۙ

WashshafAAi walwatr

And the even and the odd,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-fajr/verse-3.md_

## Verse 4

وَالَّيْلِ اِذَا يَسْرِۚ

Wallayli itha yasr

And the night when he departs!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-fajr/verse-4.md_

## Verse 5

هَلْ ف۪ي ذٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِذ۪ي حِجْرٍۜ

Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijr

Is there not in that an oath for one of intelligence?

_https://quran.so/surah-al-fajr/verse-5.md_

## Verse 6

اَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍۙۖ

Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAad

Hast thou not considered how thy Lord did with ʿĀd,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-fajr/verse-6.md_

## Verse 7

اِرَمَ ذَاتِ الْعِمَادِۙۖ

Irama thati alAAimad

Iram of the pillars,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-fajr/verse-7.md_

## Verse 8

اَلَّت۪ي لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِي الْبِلَادِۙۖ

Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albilad

The like of which had never been created in the land,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-fajr/verse-8.md_

## Verse 9

وَثَمُودَ الَّذ۪ينَ جَابُوا الصَّخْرَ بِالْوَادِۙۖ

Wathamooda allatheena jaboo assakhrabilwad

And Thamūd, who hollowed the rocks in the valley,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-fajr/verse-9.md_

## Verse 10

وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِي الْاَوْتَادِۙۖ

WafirAAawna thee al-awtad

And Pharaoh, the Lord of Stakes

_https://quran.so/surah-al-fajr/verse-10.md_

## Verse 11

اَلَّذ۪ينَ طَغَوْا فِي الْبِلَادِۙۖ

Allatheena taghaw fee albilad

Who transgressed all bounds in the lands,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-fajr/verse-11.md_

## Verse 12

فَاَكْثَرُوا ف۪يهَا الْفَسَادَۙۖ

Faaktharoo feeha alfasad

And increased corruption therein?

_https://quran.so/surah-al-fajr/verse-12.md_

## Verse 13

فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍۙۖ

Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawtaAAathab

So thy Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-fajr/verse-13.md_

## Verse 14

اِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِالْمِرْصَادِۜ

Inna rabbaka labilmirsad

Thy Lord is ever watchful.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-fajr/verse-14.md_

## Verse 15

فَاَمَّا الْاِنْسَانُ اِذَا مَا ابْتَلٰيهُ رَبُّهُ فَاَكْرَمَهُ وَنَعَّمَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبّ۪ٓي اَكْرَمَنِۜ

Faamma al-insanu itha maibtalahu rabbuhu faakramahu wanaAAAAamahu fayaqoolu rabbeeakraman

And as for man, when his Lord tries him, and honours him, and favours him, he says: “My Lord has honoured me.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-fajr/verse-15.md_

## Verse 16

وَاَمَّٓا اِذَا مَا ابْتَلٰيهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبّ۪ٓي اَهَانَنِۚ

Waamma itha ma ibtalahufaqadara AAalayhi rizqahu fayaqoolu rabbee ahanan

But when He tries him, and straitens his provision, he says: “My Lord has humiliated me.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-fajr/verse-16.md_

## Verse 17

كَلَّا بَلْ لَا تُكْرِمُونَ الْيَت۪يمَۙ

Kalla bal la tukrimoonaalyateem

No, indeed! The truth is, you honour not the fatherless,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-fajr/verse-17.md_

## Verse 18

وَلَا تَحَٓاضُّونَ عَلٰى طَعَامِ الْمِسْك۪ينِۙ

Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAamialmiskeen

Nor encourage one another to feed the needy,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-fajr/verse-18.md_

## Verse 19

وَتَأْكُلُونَ التُّرَاثَ اَكْلاً لَماًّۙ

Wata/kuloona atturatha aklanlamma

But consume the inheritance with greed,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-fajr/verse-19.md_

## Verse 20

وَتُحِبُّونَ الْمَالَ حُباًّ جَماًّۜ

Watuhibboona almala hubbanjamma

And love wealth with much love.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-fajr/verse-20.md_

## Verse 21

كَلَّٓا اِذَا دُكَّتِ الْاَرْضُ دَكاًّ دَكاًّۙ

Kalla itha dukkati al-ardudakkan dakka

No, indeed! When the earth is ground to powder,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-fajr/verse-21.md_

## Verse 22

وَجَٓاءَ رَبُّكَ وَالْمَلَكُ صَفاًّ صَفاًّۚ

Wajaa rabbuka walmalaku saffansaffa

And thy Lord comes — and the angels, rank upon rank —

_https://quran.so/surah-al-fajr/verse-22.md_

## Verse 23

وَج۪ٓيءَ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِجَهَنَّمَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْاِنْسَانُ وَاَنّٰى لَهُ الذِّكْرٰىۜ

Wajee-a yawma-ithin bijahannamayawma-ithin yatathakkaru al-insanu waannalahu aththikra

And Gehenna, that day, is brought: that day will man take heed; but how will the reminder be for him?

_https://quran.so/surah-al-fajr/verse-23.md_

## Verse 24

يَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَن۪ي قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَات۪يۚ

Yaqoolu ya laytanee qaddamtu lihayatee

He will say: “Would that I had sent ahead for my life!”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-fajr/verse-24.md_

## Verse 25

فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُٓ  اَحَدٌۙ

Fayawma-ithin la yuAAaththibuAAathabahu ahad

And — that day — none will punish as His punishment,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-fajr/verse-25.md_

## Verse 26

وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُٓ اَحَدٌۜ

Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahad

And none will bind as His binding.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-fajr/verse-26.md_

## Verse 27

يَٓا اَيَّتُهَا النَّفْسُ الْمُطْمَئِنَّةُۗ

Ya ayyatuha annafsualmutma-inna

“O thou soul at peace:

_https://quran.so/surah-al-fajr/verse-27.md_

## Verse 28

اِرْجِع۪ٓي اِلٰى رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَرْضِيَّةًۚ

IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatanmardiyya

“Return thou to thy Lord — well-pleased and well-pleasing,

_https://quran.so/surah-al-fajr/verse-28.md_

## Verse 29

فَادْخُل۪ي ف۪ي عِبَاد۪يۙ

Fadkhulee fee AAibadee

“And enter thou among My servants.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-fajr/verse-29.md_

## Verse 30

وَادْخُل۪ي جَنَّت۪ي

Wadkhulee jannatee

“And enter thou My Garden.”

_https://quran.so/surah-al-fajr/verse-30.md_

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