Al-Fajr
وَٱلۡفَجۡرِ
By the Daybreak,
وَلَيَالٍ عَشۡرٖ
by the Ten Nights,
وَٱلشَّفۡعِ وَٱلۡوَتۡرِ
by the even and the odd,
وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَسۡرِ
by the passing night––
هَلۡ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٞ لِّذِي حِجۡرٍ
is this oath strong enough for a rational person?
أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَيۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
Have you [Prophet] considered how your Lord dealt with [the people] of 'Ad,
إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلۡعِمَادِ
of Iram, [the city] of lofty pillars,
ٱلَّتِي لَمۡ يُخۡلَقۡ مِثۡلُهَا فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ
whose like has never been made in any land,
وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُواْ ٱلصَّخۡرَ بِٱلۡوَادِ
and the Thamud, who hewed into the rocks in the valley,
وَفِرۡعَوۡنَ ذِي ٱلۡأَوۡتَادِ
and the mighty and powerful Pharaoh?
ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ
All of them committed excesses in their lands,