Read Surah Al-Fajr — Full Text with Transliteration

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. وَٱلْفَجْرِ89:1

   Wal-Fajr

   By the dawn

2. وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍۢ89:2

   Wa layaalin 'ashr

   And [by] ten nights

3. وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ89:3

   Wash shaf'i wal watr

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

4. وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ89:4

   Wallaili izaa yasr

   And [by] the night when it passes,

5. هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌۭ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ89:5

   Hal fee zaalika qasamul lizee hijr

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

6. أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ89:6

   Alam tara kaifa fa'ala rabbuka bi'aad

   Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad -

7. إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ89:7

   Iramaa zaatil 'imaad

   [With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,

8. ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ89:8

   Allatee lam yukhlaq misluhaa fil bilaad

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

9. وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ89:9

   Wa samoodal lazeena jaabus sakhra bil waad

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

10. وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ89:10

    Wa fir'awna zil awtaad

    And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? -

11. ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ89:11

    Allazeena taghaw fil bilaad

    [All of] whom oppressed within the lands

12. فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ89:12

    Fa aksaroo feehal fasaad

    And increased therein the corruption.

13. فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ89:13

    Fasabba 'alaihim Rabbuka sawta 'azaab

    So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.

14. إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ89:14

    Inna Rabbaka labil mirsaad

    Indeed, your Lord is in observation.

15. فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ89:15

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

    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."

16. وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَـٰنَنِ89:16

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

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

17. كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ89:17

    Kalla bal laa tukrimooo nal yateem

    No! But you do not honor the orphan

18. وَلَا تَحَـٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ89:18

    Wa laa tahaaaddoona 'alaata'aamil miskeen

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

19. وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًۭا لَّمًّۭا89:19

    Wa taakuloonat turaasa aklal lammaa

    And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,

20. وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّۭا جَمًّۭا89:20

    Wa tuhibboonal maala hubban jammaa

    And you love wealth with immense love.

21. كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّۭا دَكًّۭا89:21

    Kallaaa izaaa dukkatil ardu dakkan dakka

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

22. وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّۭا صَفًّۭا89:22

    Wa jaaa'a Rabbuka wal malaku saffan saffaa

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

23. وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ89:23

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

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

24. يَقُولُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى89:24

    Yaqoolu yaa laitanee qaddamtu lihayaatee

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

25. فَيَوْمَئِذٍۢ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌۭ89:25

    Fa Yawma izil laa yu'azzibu 'azaabahooo ahad

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

26. وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌۭ89:26

    Wa laa yoosiqu wasaaqa hooo ahad

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

27. يَـٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ89:27

    Yaaa ayyatuhan nafsul mutma 'innah

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

28. ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةًۭ مَّرْضِيَّةًۭ89:28

    Irji'eee ilaa Rabbiki raadiyatam mardiyyah

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

29. فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَـٰدِى89:29

    Fadkhulee fee 'ibaadee

    And enter among My [righteous] servants

30. وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى89:30

    Wadkhulee jannatee

    And enter My Paradise."