Al-Fajr (الفجر)
Surah 89 • 31 Verses • Arabic, English & Kiswahili
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
﴿١﴾
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
وَالْفَجْرِ
﴿٢﴾
By the dawn,
وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ
﴿٣﴾
And [by] ten nights,
وَالشَّفْعِ وَالْوَتْرِ
﴿٤﴾
And [by] the even [number] and the odd,
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ
﴿٥﴾
And [by] the night when it passes,
هَلْ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِي حِجْرٍ
﴿٦﴾
Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
﴿٧﴾
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with ʿĀd—
إِرَمَ ذَاتِ الْعِمَادِ
﴿٨﴾
[With] Iram – who had lofty pillars,
الَّتِي لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِي الْبِلَادِ
﴿٩﴾
The likes of whom had never been created in the land?
وَثَمُودَ الَّذِينَ جَابُوا الصَّخْرَ بِالْوَادِ
﴿١٠﴾
And Thamud – who carved out the rocks in the valley?
وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِي الْأَوْتَادِ
﴿١١﴾
And Pharaoh, owner of the stakes—
الَّذِينَ طَغَوْا فِي الْبِلَادِ
﴿١٢﴾
All of whom oppressed within the lands
فَأَكْثَرُوا فِيهَا الْفَسَادَ
﴿١٣﴾
And increased corruption therein?
فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ
﴿١٤﴾
So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِالْمِرْصَادِ
﴿١٥﴾
Indeed, your Lord is ever watchful.
فَأَمَّا الْإِنسَانُ إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ رَبُّهُ فَأَكْرَمَهُ وَنَعَّمَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَكْرَمَنِ
﴿١٦﴾
As for man, when his Lord tries him and is generous to him and favors him, he says, 'My Lord has honored me.'
وَأَمَّا إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَهَانَنِ
﴿١٧﴾
But when He tries him and restricts his provision, he says, 'My Lord has humiliated me.'
كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ الْيَتِيمَ
﴿١٨﴾
No! But you do not honor the orphan
وَلَا تَحَاضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ
﴿١٩﴾
And do not encourage one another to feed the poor.
وَتَأْكُلُونَ التُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا
﴿٢٠﴾
And you devour inheritance with greed,
وَتُحِبُّونَ الْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا
﴿٢١﴾
And love wealth with immense love.
كَلَّا إِذَا دُكَّتِ الْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا
﴿٢٢﴾
No! When the earth has been leveled—pounded and crushed—
وَجَاءَ رَبُّكَ وَالْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا
﴿٢٣﴾
And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon rank,
وَجِيءَ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنسَانُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ الذِّكْرَىٰ
﴿٢٤﴾
And Hell is brought forth that Day—on that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance benefit him?
يَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِي
﴿٢٥﴾
He will say, 'Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life.'
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُ أَحَدٌ
﴿٢٦﴾
So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment,
وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُ أَحَدٌ
﴿٢٧﴾
And none will bind as He binds.
يَا أَيَّتُهَا النَّفْسُ الْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ
﴿٢٨﴾
[But] as for you, O tranquil soul,
ارْجِعِي إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً
﴿٢٩﴾
Return to your Lord, well-pleased and pleasing [to Him],
فَادْخُلِي فِي عِبَادِي
﴿٣٠﴾
And enter among My [righteous] servants
وَادْخُلِي جَنَّتِي
﴿٣١﴾
And enter My Paradise.