Surah Al-Fajr

وَٱلْفَجْرِ

CONSIDER the daybreak

وَلَيَالٍعَشْرٍۢ

and the ten nights!

وَٱلشَّفْعِوَٱلْوَتْرِ

Consider the multiple and the One!

وَٱلَّيْلِإِذَايَسْرِ

Consider the night as it runs its course!

هَلْفِىذَٰلِكَقَسَمٌۭلِّذِىحِجْرٍ

Considering all this - could there be, to anyone endowed with reason, a [more] solemn evidence of the truth?

أَلَمْتَرَكَيْفَفَعَلَرَبُّكَبِعَادٍ

ART THOU NOT aware of how thy Sustainer has dealt with [the tribe of] ‘Ad,

إِرَمَذَاتِٱلْعِمَادِ

[the people of] Iram the many-pillared,

ٱلَّتِىلَمْيُخْلَقْمِثْلُهَافِىٱلْبِلَٰدِ

the like of whom has never been reared in all the land? –

وَثَمُودَٱلَّذِينَجَابُوا۟ٱلصَّخْرَبِٱلْوَادِ

and with [the tribe of] Thamud, who hollowed out rocks in the valley? –

وَفِرْعَوْنَذِىٱلْأَوْتَادِ

and with Pharaoh of the [many] tent-poles?

ٱلَّذِينَطَغَوْا۟فِىٱلْبِلَٰدِ

[It was they] who transgressed all bounds of equity all over their lands,

فَأَكْثَرُوا۟فِيهَاٱلْفَسَادَ

and brought about great corruption therein:

فَصَبَّعَلَيْهِمْرَبُّكَسَوْطَعَذَابٍ

and therefore thy Sustainer let loose upon them a scourge of suffering:

إِنَّرَبَّكَلَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ

for, verily, thy Sustainer is ever on the watch!

فَأَمَّاٱلْإِنسَٰنُإِذَامَاٱبْتَلَىٰهُرَبُّهُۥفَأَكْرَمَهُۥوَنَعَّمَهُۥفَيَقُولُرَبِّىٓأَكْرَمَنِ

BUT AS FOR man, whenever his Sustainer tries him by His generosity and by letting him enjoy a life of ease, he says, "My Sustainer has been [justly] generous towards me";

وَأَمَّآإِذَامَاٱبْتَلَىٰهُفَقَدَرَعَلَيْهِرِزْقَهُۥفَيَقُولُرَبِّىٓأَهَٰنَنِ

whereas, whenever He tries him by straitening his means of livelihood, he says, "My Sustainer has disgraced me!"

كَلَّابَللَّاتُكْرِمُونَٱلْيَتِيمَ

But nay, nay, [O men, consider all that you do and fail to do:] you are not generous towards the orphan,

وَلَاتَحَٰٓضُّونَعَلَىٰطَعَامِٱلْمِسْكِينِ

and you do not urge one another to feed the needy,

وَتَأْكُلُونَٱلتُّرَاثَأَكْلًۭالَّمًّۭا

and you devour the inheritance [of others] with devouring greed,

وَتُحِبُّونَٱلْمَالَحُبًّۭاجَمًّۭا

and you love wealth with boundless love!