Surah Al-Fajr Word by Word Translation, Transliteration with Audio

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

wal-fajri

By the dawn,

walayālin ʿashrin

and the ten nights,

wal-shafʿi wal-watri

and the even and the odd,

wa-al-layli idhā yasri

and the night when it passes!

hal fī dhālika qasamun lidhī ḥij'rin

Is all this ˹not˺ a sufficient oath for those who have sense?

alam tara kayfa faʿala rabbuka biʿādin

Did you not see how your Lord dealt with ’Ȃd—

irama dhāti l-ʿimādi

˹the people˺ of Iram—with ˹their˺ great stature,

allatī lam yukh'laq mith'luhā fī l-bilādi

unmatched in any other land;

wathamūda alladhīna jābū l-ṣakhra bil-wādi

and Thamûd who carved ˹their homes into˺ the rocks in the ˹Stone˺ Valley;

wafir'ʿawna dhī l-awtādi

and the Pharaoh of mighty structures?

alladhīna ṭaghaw fī l-bilādi

They all transgressed throughout the land,

fa-aktharū fīhā l-fasāda

spreading much corruption there.

faṣabba ʿalayhim rabbuka sawṭa ʿadhābin

So your Lord unleashed on them a scourge of punishment.

inna rabbaka labil-mir'ṣādi

˹For˺ your Lord is truly vigilant.

fa-ammā l-insānu idhā mā ib'talāhu rabbuhu fa-akramahu wanaʿʿamahu fayaqūlu rabbī akramani

Now, whenever a human being is tested by their Lord through ˹His˺ generosity and blessings, they boast, “My Lord has ˹deservedly˺ honoured me!”

wa-ammā idhā mā ib'talāhu faqadara ʿalayhi riz'qahu fayaqūlu rabbī ahānani

But when He tests them by limiting their provision, they protest, “My Lord has ˹undeservedly˺ humiliated me!”

kallā bal lā tuk'rimūna l-yatīma

Absolutely not! In fact, you are not ˹even˺ gracious to the orphan,

walā taḥāḍḍūna ʿalā ṭaʿāmi l-mis'kīni

nor do you urge one another to feed the poor.

watakulūna l-turātha aklan lamman

And you devour ˹others’˺ inheritance greedily,

watuḥibbūna l-māla ḥubban jamman

and love wealth fervently.

kallā idhā dukkati l-arḍu dakkan dakkan

Enough! When the earth is entirely crushed over and over,

wajāa rabbuka wal-malaku ṣaffan ṣaffan

and your Lord comes ˹to judge˺ with angels, rank upon rank,

wajīa yawma-idhin bijahannama yawma-idhin yatadhakkaru l-insānu wa-annā lahu l-dhik'rā

and Hell is brought forth on that Day—this is when every ˹disbelieving˺ person will remember ˹their own sins˺. But what is the use of remembering then?

yaqūlu yālaytanī qaddamtu liḥayātī

They will cry, “I wish I had sent forth ˹something good˺ for my ˹true˺ life.”

fayawma-idhin lā yuʿadhibu ʿadhābahu aḥadun

On that Day He will punish ˹them˺ severely, like no other,

walā yūthiqu wathāqahu aḥadun

and bind ˹them˺ tightly, like no other.

yāayyatuhā l-nafsu l-muṭ'ma-inatu

˹Allah will say to the righteous,˺ “O tranquil soul!

ir'jiʿī ilā rabbiki rāḍiyatan marḍiyyatan

Return to your Lord, well pleased ˹with Him˺ and well pleasing ˹to Him˺.

fa-ud'khulī fī ʿibādī

So join My servants,

wa-ud'khulī jannatī

and enter My Paradise.”