89 - Surah Al-Fajr

The Dawn

Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem



1. Wal-FajrBy the break of Day وَالْفَجْرِ

2. Wa layaalin 'ashrBy the Nights twice five;وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ

3. Wash shaf'i wal watrBy the even and odd (contrasted);وَالشَّفْعِ وَالْوَتْرِ

4. Wallaili izaa yasrAnd by the Night when it passeth away;-وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ

5. Hal fee zaalika qasamul lizee hijrIs there (not) in these an adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand?هَلْ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِذِي حِجْرٍ

6. Alam tara kaifa fa'ala rabbuka bi'aadSeest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the ´Ad (people),-أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ

7. Iramaa zaatil 'imaadOf the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,إِرَمَ ذَاتِ الْعِمَادِ

8. Allatee lam yukhlaq misluhaa fil bilaadThe like of which were not produced in (all) the land?الَّتِي لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِي الْبِلَادِ

9. Wa samoodal lazeena jaabus sakhra bil waadAnd with the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley?-وَثَمُودَ الَّذِينَ جَابُوا الصَّخْرَ بِالْوَادِ

10. Wa fir'awna zil awtaadAnd with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِي الْأَوْتَادِ

11. Allazeena taghaw fil bilaad(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,الَّذِينَ طَغَوْا فِي الْبِلَادِ

12. Fa aksaroo feehal fasaadAnd heaped therein mischief (on mischief).فَأَكْثَرُوا فِيهَا الْفَسَادَ

13. Fasabba 'alaihim Rabbuka sawta 'azaabTherefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements:فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ

14. Inna Rabbaka labil mirsaadFor thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch-tower.إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِالْمِرْصَادِ

15. Fa ammal insaanu izaa mab talaahu Rabbuhoo fa akramahoo wa na' 'amahoo fa yaqoolu Rabbeee akramanNow, as for man, when his Lord trieth him, giving him honour and gifts, then saith he, (puffed up), "My Lord hath honoured me."فَأَمَّا الْإِنْسَانُ إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ رَبُّهُ فَأَكْرَمَهُ وَنَعَّمَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَكْرَمَنِ

16. Wa ammaaa izaa mabtalaahu faqadara 'alaihi rizqahoo fa yaqoolu Rabbeee ahaananBut when He trieth him, restricting his subsistence for him, then saith he (in despair), "My Lord hath humiliated me!"وَأَمَّا إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَهَانَنِ

17. Kalla bal laa tukrimooo nal yateemNay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!كَلَّا ۖ بَلْ لَا تُكْرِمُونَ الْيَتِيمَ

18. Wa laa tahaaaddoona 'alaata'aamil miskeenNor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor!-وَلَا تَحَاضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ

19. Wa taakuloonat turaasa aklal lammaaAnd ye devour inheritance - all with greed,وَتَأْكُلُونَ التُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَمًّا

20. Wa tuhibboonal maala hubban jammaaAnd ye love wealth with inordinate love!وَتُحِبُّونَ الْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا

21. Kallaaa izaaa dukkatil ardu dakkan dakkaNay! When the earth is pounded to powder,كَلَّا إِذَا دُكَّتِ الْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا

22. Wa jaaa'a Rabbuka wal malaku saffan saffaaAnd thy Lord cometh, and His angels, rank upon rank,وَجَاءَ رَبُّكَ وَالْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا

23. Wa jeee'a yawma'izim bi jahannnam; Yawma 'iziny yatazakkarul insaanu wa annaa lahuz zikraaAnd Hell, that Day, is brought (face to face),- on that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance profit him?وَجِيءَ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنْسَانُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ الذِّكْرَىٰ

24. Yaqoolu yaa laitanee qaddamtu lihayaateeHe will say: "Ah! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my (Future) Life!"يَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِي

25. Fa Yawma izil laa yu'azzibu 'azaabahooo ahadFor, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict,فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُ أَحَدٌ

26. Wa laa yoosiqu wasaaqa hooo ahadAnd His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُ أَحَدٌ

27. Yaaa ayyatuhan nafsul mutma 'innah(To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction!يَا أَيَّتُهَا النَّفْسُ الْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ

28. Irji'eee ilaa Rabbiki raadiyatam mardiyyah"Come back thou to thy Lord,- well pleased (thyself), and well-pleasing unto Him!ارْجِعِي إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَرْضِيَّةً

29. Fadkhulee fee 'ibaadee"Enter thou, then, among My devotees!فَادْخُلِي فِي عِبَادِي

30. Wadkhulee jannatee"Yea, enter thou My Heaven!وَادْخُلِي جَنَّتِي