Surah 89 · Makkah · 30 verses
Al-Fajr
The Dawn
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
- 89:1
وَالْفَجْرِ
By the dawn
- 89:2
وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ
And [by] ten nights
- 89:3
وَالشَّفْعِ وَالْوَتْرِ
And [by] the even [number] and the odd
- 89:4
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ
And [by] the night when it passes
- 89:5
هَلْ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِذِي حِجْرٍ
Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception
- 89:6
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad
- 89:7
إِرَمَ ذَاتِ الْعِمَادِ
[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars
- 89:8
الَّتِي لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِي الْبِلَادِ
The likes of whom had never been created in the land
- 89:9
وَثَمُودَ الَّذِينَ جَابُوا الصَّخْرَ بِالْوَادِ
And [with] Thamud, who carved out the rocks in the valley
- 89:10
وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِي الْأَوْتَادِ
And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes
- 89:11
الَّذِينَ طَغَوْا فِي الْبِلَادِ
[All of] whom oppressed within the lands
- 89:12
فَأَكْثَرُوا فِيهَا الْفَسَادَ
And increased therein the corruption
- 89:13
فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ
So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment
- 89:14
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِالْمِرْصَادِ
Indeed, your Lord is in observation
- 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
- 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
- 89:17
كَلَّا ۖ بَلْ لَا تُكْرِمُونَ الْيَتِيمَ
No! But you do not honor the orphan
- 89:18
وَلَا تَحَاضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ
And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor
- 89:19
وَتَأْكُلُونَ التُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَمًّا
And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether
- 89:20
وَتُحِبُّونَ الْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا
And you love wealth with immense love
- 89:21
كَلَّا إِذَا دُكَّتِ الْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا
No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed
- 89:22
وَجَاءَ رَبُّكَ وَالْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا
And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon rank
- 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
- 89:24
يَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِي
He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life
- 89:25
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُ أَحَدٌ
So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment
- 89:26
وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُ أَحَدٌ
And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers]
- 89:27
يَا أَيَّتُهَا النَّفْسُ الْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ
[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul
- 89:28
ارْجِعِي إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَرْضِيَّةً
Return to your Lord, well-pleased and pleasing [to Him]
- 89:29
فَادْخُلِي فِي عِبَادِي
And enter among My [righteous] servants
- 89:30
وَادْخُلِي جَنَّتِي
And enter My Paradise
English translation: Saheeh International.
