By the break of Day
Al-Fajr 1
By the Nights twice five;
Al-Fajr 2
By the even and odd (contrasted);
Al-Fajr 3
And by the Night when it passeth away;-
Al-Fajr 4
Is there (not) in these an adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand?
Al-Fajr 5
Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad (people),-
Al-Fajr 6
Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,
Al-Fajr 7
The like of which were not produced in (all) the land?
Al-Fajr 8
And with the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley?-
Al-Fajr 9
And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?
Al-Fajr 10
(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,
Al-Fajr 11
And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).
Al-Fajr 12
Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements:
Al-Fajr 13
For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch-tower.
Al-Fajr 14
Now, as for man, when his Lord trieth him, giving him honour and gifts, then saith he, (puffed up), "My Lord hath honoured me."
Al-Fajr 15
But when He trieth him, restricting his subsistence for him, then saith he (in despair), "My Lord hath humiliated me!"
Al-Fajr 16
Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!
Al-Fajr 17
Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor!-
Al-Fajr 18
And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,
Al-Fajr 19
And ye love wealth with inordinate love!
Al-Fajr 20
Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,
Al-Fajr 21
And thy Lord cometh, and His angels, rank upon rank,
Al-Fajr 22
And Hell, that Day, is brought (face to face),- on that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance profit him?
Al-Fajr 23
He will say: "Ah! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my (Future) Life!"
Al-Fajr 24
For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict,
Al-Fajr 25
And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.
Al-Fajr 26
(To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction!
Al-Fajr 27
"Come back thou to thy Lord,- well pleased (thyself), and well-pleasing unto Him!
Al-Fajr 28
"Enter thou, then, among My devotees!
Al-Fajr 29
"Yea, enter thou My Heaven!
Al-Fajr 30