Surah 89 · Makki

Al-Fajr

The Dawn · 30 ayat

الفجر

Arabic & English meaning

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89:1

وَٱلۡفَجۡرِ﴿1﴾

By the dawn

89:2

وَلَيَالٍ عَشۡرٖ﴿2﴾

And [by] ten nights

89:3

وَٱلشَّفۡعِ وَٱلۡوَتۡرِ﴿3﴾

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

89:4

وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَسۡرِ﴿4﴾

And [by] the night when it passes

89:5

هَلۡ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٞ لِّذِي حِجۡرٍ﴿5﴾

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

89:6

أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَيۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ﴿6﴾

Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad

89:7

إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلۡعِمَادِ﴿7﴾

[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars

89:8

ٱلَّتِي لَمۡ يُخۡلَقۡ مِثۡلُهَا فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ﴿8﴾

The likes of whom had never been created in the land

89:9

وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُواْ ٱلصَّخۡرَ بِٱلۡوَادِ﴿9﴾

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

89:10

وَفِرۡعَوۡنَ ذِي ٱلۡأَوۡتَادِ﴿10﴾

And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes

89:11

ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ﴿11﴾

[All of] whom oppressed within the lands

89:12

فَأَكۡثَرُواْ فِيهَا ٱلۡفَسَادَ﴿12﴾

And increased therein the corruption

89:13

فَصَبَّ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّكَ سَوۡطَ عَذَابٍ﴿13﴾

So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment

89:14

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلۡمِرۡصَادِ﴿14﴾

Indeed, your Lord is in observation

89:15

فَأَمَّا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبۡتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكۡرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّيٓ أَكۡرَمَنِ﴿15﴾

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

89:16

وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبۡتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيۡهِ رِزۡقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّيٓ أَهَٰنَنِ﴿16﴾

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

89:17

كَلَّاۖ بَل لَّا تُكۡرِمُونَ ٱلۡيَتِيمَ﴿17﴾

No! But you do not honor the orphan

89:18

وَلَا تَحَـٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينِ﴿18﴾

And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor

89:19

وَتَأۡكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكۡلٗا لَّمّٗا﴿19﴾

And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether

89:20

وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡمَالَ حُبّٗا جَمّٗا﴿20﴾

And you love wealth with immense love

89:21

كَلَّآۖ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ دَكّٗا دَكّٗا﴿21﴾

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

89:22

وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلۡمَلَكُ صَفّٗا صَفّٗا﴿22﴾

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

89:23

وَجِاْيٓءَ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بِجَهَنَّمَۚ يَوۡمَئِذٖ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ﴿23﴾

And brought [within view], that Day, is Hell - that Day, man will remember, but what good to him will be the remembrance

89:24

يَقُولُ يَٰلَيۡتَنِي قَدَّمۡتُ لِحَيَاتِي﴿24﴾

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

89:25

فَيَوۡمَئِذٖ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٞ﴿25﴾

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

89:26

وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٞ﴿26﴾

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

89:27

يَـٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفۡسُ ٱلۡمُطۡمَئِنَّةُ﴿27﴾

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

89:28

ٱرۡجِعِيٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةٗ مَّرۡضِيَّةٗ﴿28﴾

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

89:29

فَٱدۡخُلِي فِي عِبَٰدِي﴿29﴾

And enter among My [righteous] servants

89:30

وَٱدۡخُلِي جَنَّتِي﴿30﴾

And enter My Paradise

Translation

Saheeh International by Umm Muhammad. Arabic text sourced from The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia. Dataset Quran JSON v3.1.2, CC-BY-SA-4.0.