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Surah Al-Fajr

Surah Al-Fajr (The Dawn) is the 89. surah in Quran.Al-Fajr surah is listed as the 10. by revelation order.

The meaning of surah Al-Fajr is The Dawn. In total this surah is consist of 30 auahs. You can read Al-Fajr by word by word if you would like to examine it in details or click one of the ayahs below to check that ayah only.

It is considered to be a Meccan Surah as it was believed to be revealed in Mecca. This surah takes its name from the word mentioned in the first ayah.

This surah starts with oaths to dawn and night and proclaims that these are the signs for people who use their brain. After this it gives examples from the rebellious nations such as Ad, Thamud, Iram and Pharoah. These nations transgressed and as a result were punished. The main lesson from this is to not be arrogant, people get distracted by this world and think of themselves as greater than they are.

The next part mentions for believers to be aware of neglecting to do good. It is a reminder that in order for us to enter his paradise we need to deliberately and consciously seek and do good acts. This is how we can earn our just reward.

By the dawn

Wal-Fajr

وٱلفجر

And [by] ten nights

Wa layaalin ‘ashr

وليال عشر

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

Wash shaf’i wal watr

وٱلشفع وٱلوتر

And [by] the night when it passes,

Wallaili izaa yasr

وٱليل إذا يسر

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

Hal fee zaalika qasamul lizee hijr

هل فى ذلك قسم لذى حجر

Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with ʿAad -

Alam tara kaifa fa’ala rabbuka bi’aad

ألم تر كيف فعل ربك بعاد

[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,

Iramaa zaatil ‘imaad

إرم ذات ٱلعماد

The likes of whom had never been created in the land?

Allatee lam yukhlaq misluhaa fil bilaad

ٱلتى لم يخلق مثلها فى ٱلبلـد

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

Wa samoodal lazeena jaabus sakhra bil waad

وثمود ٱلذين جابوا ٱلصخر بٱلواد

And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes?

Wa fir’awna zil awtaad

وفرعون ذى ٱلأوتاد

[All of] whom oppressed within the lands

Allazeena taghaw fil bilaad

ٱلذين طغوا فى ٱلبلـد

And increased therein the corruption.

Fa aksaroo feehal fasaad

فأكثروا فيها ٱلفساد

So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.

Fasabba ‘alaihim Rabbuka sawta ‘azaab

فصب عليهم ربك سوط عذاب

Indeed, your Lord is in observation.

Inna Rabbaka labil mirsaad

إن ربك لبٱلمرصاد

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."

Fa ammal insaanu izaa mab talaahu Rabbuhoo fa akramahoo wa na’ ‘amahoo fa yaqoolu Rabbeee akraman

فأما ٱلإنسـن إذا ما ٱبتلىه ربهۥ فأكرمهۥ ونعمهۥ فيقول ربى أكرمن

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

Wa ammaaa izaa mabtalaahu faqadara ‘alaihi rizqahoo fa yaqoolu Rabbeee ahaanan

وأما إذا ما ٱبتلىه فقدر عليه رزقهۥ فيقول ربى أهـنن

No! But you do not honor the orphan

Kalla bal laa tukrimooo nal yateem

كلا بل لا تكرمون ٱليتيم

And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.

Wa laa tahaaaddoona ‘alaata’aamil miskeen

ولا تحـضون على طعام ٱلمسكين

And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,

Wa taakuloonat turaasa aklal lammaa

وتأكلون ٱلتراث أكلا لما

And you love wealth with immense love.

Wa tuhibboonal maala hubban jammaa

وتحبون ٱلمال حبا جما

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

Kallaaa izaaa dukkatil ardu dakkan dakka

كلا إذا دكت ٱلأرض دكا دكا

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

Wa jaaa’a Rabbuka wal malaku saffan saffaa

وجاء ربك وٱلملك صفا صفا

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

Wa jeee’a yawma’izim bi jahannnam; Yawma ‘iziny yatazakkarul insaanu wa annaa lahuz zikraa

وجاىء يومئذ بجهنم يومئذ يتذكر ٱلإنسـن وأنى له ٱلذكرى

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

Yaqoolu yaa laitanee qaddamtu lihayaatee

يقول يـليتنى قدمت لحياتى

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

Fa Yawma izil laa yu’azzibu ‘azaabahooo ahad

فيومئذ لا يعذب عذابهۥ أحد

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

Wa laa yoosiqu wasaaqa hooo ahad

ولا يوثق وثاقهۥ أحد

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

Yaaa ayyatuhan nafsul mutma ‘innah

يـأيتها ٱلنفس ٱلمطمئنة

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

Irji’eee ilaa Rabbiki raadiyatam mardiyyah

ٱرجعى إلى ربك راضية مرضية

And enter among My [righteous] servants

Fadkhulee fee ‘ibaadee

فٱدخلى فى عبـدى

And enter My Paradise."

Wadkhulee jannatee

وٱدخلى جنتى

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