Al-Fajr


وَٱلۡفَجۡرِ

I swear by the dawn,


وَلَيَالٍ عَشۡرٖ

and by Ten Nights,


وَٱلشَّفۡعِ وَٱلۡوَتۡرِ

and by the even and the odd,


وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَسۡرِ

and by the night when it moves away,


هَلۡ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٞ لِّذِي حِجۡرٍ

-Is there (not) in such an oath (enough assurance) for a man of sense?-


أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَيۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ

Have you not seen how your Lord dealt with (the people) of ‘Ād


إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلۡعِمَادِ

of Iram , the men of tall pillars,


ٱلَّتِي لَمۡ يُخۡلَقۡ مِثۡلُهَا فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ

the like of whom were never created in the lands,


وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُواْ ٱلصَّخۡرَ بِٱلۡوَادِ

and (how He dealt) with (the people of) Thamūd who had carved out the rocks in the Valley (of Qurā),


وَفِرۡعَوۡنَ ذِي ٱلۡأَوۡتَادِ

and with Fir‘aun (Pharaoh), the man of the stakes,



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