Surah Al-Fajr (The Dawn)

Topics in Surah Al-Fajr

Study guides that discuss verses of this surah, most connected first.

• Daytime (Nahar) (11 verses)
• Destruction (Ihlak) (9 verses)
• Repelling (Daf') (9 verses)
• Strength (Quwwah) (9 verses)
• Evil (Sharr) (9 verses)
• Tyranny (Tughyan) (9 verses)
• Aad (9 verses)
• Hearing (Sam') (8 verses)
• Corruption (Fasad) (7 verses)
• Torment (Adhab) (6 verses)
• Cosmic Signs (Ayat Kawniyyah) (5 verses)
• Civilization (Hadarah) (5 verses)
• Miserliness (Bukhl) (4 verses)
• The Soul (Ruh) (4 verses)
• Piety (Taqwa) (4 verses)

Read Surah Al-Fajr with English translation

1. 89:1

   بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ وَٱلْفَجْرِ

   By the Daybreak,

2. 89:2

   وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍۢ

   by the Ten Nights,

3. 89:3

   وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ

   by the even and the odd,

4. 89:4

   وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ

   by the passing night––

5. 89:5

   هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌۭ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ

   is this oath strong enough for a rational person?

6. 89:6

   أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ

   Have you [Prophet] considered how your Lord dealt with [the people] of 'Ad,

7. 89:7

   إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ

   of Iram, [the city] of lofty pillars,

8. 89:8

   ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ

   whose like has never been made in any land,

9. 89:9

   وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ

   and the Thamud, who hewed into the rocks in the valley,

10. 89:10

    وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ

    and the mighty and powerful Pharaoh?

11. 89:11

    ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ

    All of them committed excesses in their lands,

12. 89:12

    فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ

    and spread corruption there:

13. 89:13

    فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ

    your Lord let a scourge of punishment loose on them.

14. 89:14

    إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ

    Your Lord is always watchful.

15. 89:15

    فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ

    [The nature of] man is that, when his Lord tries him through honour and blessings, he says, ‘My Lord has honoured me,’

16. 89:16

    وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَٰنَنِ

    but when He tries him through the restriction of his provision, he says, ‘My Lord has humiliated me.’

17. 89:17

    كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ

    No indeed! You [people] do not honour orphans,

18. 89:18

    وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ

    you do not urge one another to feed the poor,

19. 89:19

    وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًۭا لَّمًّۭا

    you consume inheritance greedily,

20. 89:20

    وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّۭا جَمًّۭا

    and you love wealth with a passion.

21. 89:21

    كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّۭا دَكًّۭا

    No indeed! When the earth is pounded to dust, pounded and pounded,

22. 89:22

    وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّۭا صَفًّۭا

    when your Lord comes with the angels, rank upon rank,

23. 89:23

    وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ

    when Hell is that Day brought near- on that Day man will take heed, but what good will that be to him then?

24. 89:24

    يَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى

    He will say, ‘Would that I had provided for this life to come!’

25. 89:25

    فَيَوْمَئِذٍۢ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌۭ

    On that Day, no one will punish as He punishes,

26. 89:26

    وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌۭ

    and no one will bind as He binds.

27. 89:27

    يَٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ

    ‘[But] you, soul at peace:

28. 89:28

    ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةًۭ مَّرْضِيَّةًۭ

    return to your Lord well pleased and well pleasing;

29. 89:29

    فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَٰدِى

    go in among My servants;

30. 89:30

    وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى

    and into My Garden.’

English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.