Surah سورة الفجر

Verse 1

ﭤ ﭥ

Al-Fajr

By the dawn,¹

Verse 2

ﭦﭧ ﭨ

and the ten nights,¹

Verse 3

ﭩﭪ ﭫ

and the even and the odd,

Verse 4

ﭬﭭﭮ ﭯ

and the night when it passes!

Verse 5

ﭰﭱﭲﭳﭴﭵ ﭶ

Is all this ˹not˺ a sufficient oath for those who have sense?

Verse 6

ﭷﭸﭹﭺﭻﭼ ﭽ

Did you not see how your Lord dealt with ’Ȃd—

Verse 7

ﭾﭿﮀ ﮁ

˹the people˺ of Iram—with ˹their˺ great stature,

Verse 8

ﮂﮃﮄﮅﮆﮇ ﮈ

unmatched in any other land;

Verse 9

ﮉﮊﮋﮌﮍ ﮎ

and Thamûd who carved ˹their homes into˺ the rocks in the ˹Stone˺ Valley;

Verse 10

ﮏﮐﮑ ﮒ

and the Pharaoh of mighty structures?¹

Verse 11

ﮓﮔﮕﮖ ﮗ

They all transgressed throughout the land,

Verse 12

ﮘﮙﮚ ﮛ

spreading much corruption there.

Verse 13

ﮜﮝﮞﮟﮠ ﮡ

So your Lord unleashed on them a scourge of punishment.¹

Verse 14

ﮢﮣﮤ ﮥ

˹For˺ your Lord is truly vigilant.

Verse 15

ﮦﮧﮨﮩﮪﮫﮬﮭﮮﮯﮰ ﮱ

Now, whenever a human being is tested by their Lord through ˹His˺ generosity and blessings, they boast, “My Lord has ˹deservedly˺ honoured me!”

Verse 16

ﯓﯔﯕﯖﯗﯘﯙﯚﯛﯜ ﯝ

But when He tests them by limiting their provision, they protest, “My Lord has ˹undeservedly˺ humiliated me!”

Verse 17

ﯞﯟﯠﯡﯢﯣ ﯤ

Absolutely not! In fact, you are not ˹even˺ gracious to the orphan,

Verse 18

ﯥﯦﯧﯨﯩ ﯪ

nor do you urge one another to feed the poor.

Verse 19

ﯫﯬﯭﯮ ﯯ

And you devour ˹others’˺ inheritance greedily,¹

Verse 20

ﯰﯱﯲﯳ ﯴ

and love wealth fervently.

Verse 21

ﯵﯶﯷﯸﯹﯺﯻ ﯼ

Enough! When the earth is entirely crushed over and over,

Verse 22

ﯽﯾﯿﰀﰁ ﰂ

and your Lord comes ˹to judge˺ with angels, rank upon rank,

Verse 23

ﭑﭒﭓﭔﭕﭖﭗﭘﭙﭚ ﭛ

and Hell is brought forth on that Day—this is when every ˹disbelieving˺ person will remember ˹their own sins˺. But what is the use of remembering then?

Verse 24

ﭜﭝﭞﭟ ﭠ

They will cry, “I wish I had sent forth ˹something good˺ for my ˹true˺ life.”

Verse 25

ﭡﭢﭣﭤﭥ ﭦ

On that Day He will punish ˹them˺ severely, like no other,

Verse 26

ﭧﭨﭩﭪ ﭫ

and bind ˹them˺ tightly, like no other.¹

Verse 27

ﭬﭭﭮ ﭯ

˹Allah will say to the righteous,˺ “O tranquil soul!

Verse 28

ﭰﭱﭲﭳﭴ ﭵ

Return to your Lord, well pleased ˹with Him˺ and well pleasing ˹to Him˺.

Verse 29

ﭶﭷﭸ ﭹ

So join My servants,

Verse 30

ﭺﭻ ﭼ

and enter My Paradise.”

Translation of سورة الفجر

سورة الفجر

Translation of Surah Al-Fajr in الإنجليزية from Dr. Mustafa Khattab - English translation

Dr. Mustafa Khattab - English translation

Dr. Mustafa Khattab - English translation

Al-Fajr