Surah 89 · Makkah · 30 verses

Al-Fajr

The Dawn

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

  1. 89:1

    وَالْفَجْرِ

    By the dawn

  2. 89:2

    وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ

    And [by] ten nights

  3. 89:3

    وَالشَّفْعِ وَالْوَتْرِ

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

  4. 89:4

    وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ

    And [by] the night when it passes

  5. 89:5

    هَلْ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِذِي حِجْرٍ

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

  6. 89:6

    أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ

    Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad

  7. 89:7

    إِرَمَ ذَاتِ الْعِمَادِ

    [With] Iram - who had lofty pillars

  8. 89:8

    الَّتِي لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِي الْبِلَادِ

    The likes of whom had never been created in the land

  9. 89:9

    وَثَمُودَ الَّذِينَ جَابُوا الصَّخْرَ بِالْوَادِ

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

  10. 89:10

    وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِي الْأَوْتَادِ

    And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes

  11. 89:11

    الَّذِينَ طَغَوْا فِي الْبِلَادِ

    [All of] whom oppressed within the lands

  12. 89:12

    فَأَكْثَرُوا فِيهَا الْفَسَادَ

    And increased therein the corruption

  13. 89:13

    فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ

    So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment

  14. 89:14

    إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِالْمِرْصَادِ

    Indeed, your Lord is in observation

  15. 89:15

    فَأَمَّا الْإِنْسَانُ إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ رَبُّهُ فَأَكْرَمَهُ وَنَعَّمَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَكْرَمَنِ

    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

  16. 89:16

    وَأَمَّا إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَهَانَنِ

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

  17. 89:17

    كَلَّا ۖ بَلْ لَا تُكْرِمُونَ الْيَتِيمَ

    No! But you do not honor the orphan

  18. 89:18

    وَلَا تَحَاضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ

    And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor

  19. 89:19

    وَتَأْكُلُونَ التُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَمًّا

    And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether

  20. 89:20

    وَتُحِبُّونَ الْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا

    And you love wealth with immense love

  21. 89:21

    كَلَّا إِذَا دُكَّتِ الْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا

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

  22. 89:22

    وَجَاءَ رَبُّكَ وَالْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا

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

  23. 89:23

    وَجِيءَ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنْسَانُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ الذِّكْرَىٰ

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

  24. 89:24

    يَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِي

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

  25. 89:25

    فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُ أَحَدٌ

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

  26. 89:26

    وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُ أَحَدٌ

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

  27. 89:27

    يَا أَيَّتُهَا النَّفْسُ الْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ

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

  28. 89:28

    ارْجِعِي إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَرْضِيَّةً

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

  29. 89:29

    فَادْخُلِي فِي عِبَادِي

    And enter among My [righteous] servants

  30. 89:30

    وَادْخُلِي جَنَّتِي

    And enter My Paradise

English translation: Saheeh International.