وَٱلْفَجْرِ ١
1. By the dawn
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سورة الفجر
The complete Arabic text of Surah Al-Fajr: its 30 verses in vowelled Uthmani script, with the English translation under each verse. Enlarge the text with A+, show the transliteration or word by word, and start the recitation: each verse lights up as it is recited.
Tajweed rules
- Hamzat al-wasl (silent)
- Silent letter
- Lam shamsiyyah (assimilated)
- Normal madd (2 counts)
- Permissible madd (2, 4 or 6 counts)
- Obligatory madd (4 or 5 counts)
- Necessary madd (6 counts)
- Ghunnah (nasalisation, 2 counts)
- Qalqalah (echo)
- Ikhfa (concealment)
- Ikhfa shafawi (meem)
- Idgham with ghunnah
- Idgham without ghunnah
- Idgham shafawi (meem)
- Idgham mutajanisayn
- Idgham mutaqaribayn
- Iqlab (noon becomes meem)
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ ٢
2. And [by] ten nights1913
Notes
[1913] Usually interpreted as the first ten nights of the month of Dhul-Ḥijjah.
وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ ٣
3. And [by] the even [number] and the odd
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ ٤
4. And [by] the night when it passes,
هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ ٥
5. Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?1914
Notes
[1914] Based upon the following verses, what has been sworn to by Allāh is that He will certainly punish the disbelievers.
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ ٦
6. Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with ʿAad -
إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ ٧
7. [With] Iram1915 - who had lofty pillars,1916
Notes
[1915] Another name for the first people of ʿAad, to whom Prophet Hūd was sent.
[1916] Supporting their tents or buildings.
ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ ٨
8. The likes of whom had never been created in the land?
وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ ٩
9. And [with] Thamūd, who carved out the rocks in the valley?
وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ ١٠
10. And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes?1917
Notes
[1917] By which he tortured people.
ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ ١١
11. [All of] whom oppressed within the lands
فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ ١٢
12. And increased therein the corruption.
فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ ١٣
13. So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ ١٤
14. Indeed, your Lord is in observation.
فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ ١٥
15. 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."1918
Notes
[1918] He is proud rather than grateful, attributing the favor to his own merit.
وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَٰنَنِ ١٦
16. But when He tries him and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated me."
كَلَّا بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ ١٧
17. No!1919 But you do not honor the orphan
Notes
[1919] It is not like you imagine. Rather, Allāh tries people through prosperity and hardship and rewards both gratitude and patience with honor in the Hereafter.
وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ ١٨
18. And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.
وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا ١٩
19. And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,1920
Notes
[1920] Not caring whether it is lawful or unlawful.
وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا ٢٠
20. And you love wealth with immense love.
كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا ٢١
21. No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed
وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا ٢٢
22. And your Lord has come1921 and the angels, rank upon rank,
Notes
[1921] To pass judgement. See footnote to 2:19.
وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ ٢٣
23. 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?
يَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى ٢٤
24. He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."1922
Notes
[1922] The everlasting life of the Hereafter.
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ ٢٥
25. So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment,
وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ ٢٦
26. And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers].
يَٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ ٢٧
27. [To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,
ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً ٢٨
28. Return to your Lord, well-pleased and pleasing [to Him],
فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَٰدِى ٢٩
29. And enter among My [righteous] servants
وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى ٣٠
30. And enter My Paradise."
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