Al-Fajr
وَٱلۡفَجۡرِ
By the dawn,1
وَلَيَالٍ عَشۡرٖ
and the ten nights,1
وَٱلشَّفۡعِ وَٱلۡوَتۡرِ
and the even and the odd,
وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَسۡرِ
and the night when it passes!
هَلۡ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٞ لِّذِي حِجۡرٍ
Is all this ˹not˺ a sufficient oath for those who have sense?
أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَيۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
Did you not see how your Lord dealt with ’Ȃd—
إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلۡعِمَادِ
˹the people˺ of Iram—with ˹their˺ great stature,
ٱلَّتِي لَمۡ يُخۡلَقۡ مِثۡلُهَا فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ
unmatched in any other land;
وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُواْ ٱلصَّخۡرَ بِٱلۡوَادِ
and Thamûd who carved ˹their homes into˺ the rocks in the ˹Stone˺ Valley;
وَفِرۡعَوۡنَ ذِي ٱلۡأَوۡتَادِ
and the Pharaoh of mighty structures?1