Surah Al-Fajr

    The Dawn

    الفجر
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    About Surah Al-Fajr

    Al-Fajr, the Dawn, opens with oaths by the dawn and the nights of worship, then recalls the proud nations of 'Ad, Thamud, and Pharaoh who were brought low. It corrects the idea that wealth is a sign of Allah's pleasure and poverty a sign of His anger, and closes with the soul at peace returning to its Lord.

    Past nationsThe test of wealth and lossCaring for the needyThe soul at peace

    Arabic: Uthmani script (Hafs). Translation: English. Recitation: Mishary Rashid Alafasy. See Sources for full attribution.

    Surah Al-Fajr (The Dawn)

    Surah 89 of the Holy Quran · Meccan · 30 verses

    Also spelled: Al Fajr, AlFajr, Fajr

    Surah Al-Fajr (The Dawn) is the 89th chapter of the Holy Quran. It was revealed in Mecca and contains 30 verses (ayahs). Read it below with the Arabic text, transliteration, and English translation, or open it as interactive flashcards to memorize it verse by verse.

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    1. 89:1

      وَٱلْفَجْرِ

      Wal-Fajr

      By the dawn

    2. 89:2

      وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍۢ

      Wa layaalin 'ashr

      And [by] ten nights

    3. 89:3

      وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ

      Wash shaf'i wal watr

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

    4. 89:4

      وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ

      Wallaili izaa yasr

      And [by] the night when it passes,

    5. 89:5

      هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌۭ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ

      Hal fee zaalika qasamul lizee hijr

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

    6. 89:6

      أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ

      Alam tara kaifa fa'ala rabbuka bi'aad

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

    7. 89:7

      إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ

      Iramaa zaatil 'imaad

      [With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,

    8. 89:8

      ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ

      Allatee lam yukhlaq misluhaa fil bilaad

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

    9. 89:9

      وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ

      Wa samoodal lazeena jaabus sakhra bil waad

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

    10. 89:10

      وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ

      Wa fir'awna zil awtaad

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

    11. 89:11

      ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ

      Allazeena taghaw fil bilaad

      [All of] whom oppressed within the lands

    12. 89:12

      فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ

      Fa aksaroo feehal fasaad

      And increased therein the corruption.

    13. 89:13

      فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ

      Fasabba 'alaihim Rabbuka sawta 'azaab

      So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.

    14. 89:14

      إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ

      Inna Rabbaka labil mirsaad

      Indeed, your Lord is in observation.

    15. 89:15

      فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ

      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. 89:16

      وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَٰنَنِ

      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. 89:17

      كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ

      Kalla bal laa tukrimooo nal yateem

      No! But you do not honor the orphan

    18. 89:18

      وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ

      Wa laa tahaaaddoona 'alaata'aamil miskeen

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

    19. 89:19

      وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًۭا لَّمًّۭا

      Wa taakuloonat turaasa aklal lammaa

      And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,

    20. 89:20

      وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّۭا جَمًّۭا

      Wa tuhibboonal maala hubban jammaa

      And you love wealth with immense love.

    21. 89:21

      كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّۭا دَكًّۭا

      Kallaaa izaaa dukkatil ardu dakkan dakka

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

    22. 89:22

      وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّۭا صَفًّۭا

      Wa jaaa'a Rabbuka wal malaku saffan saffaa

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

    23. 89:23

      وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ

      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. 89:24

      يَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى

      Yaqoolu yaa laitanee qaddamtu lihayaatee

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

    25. 89:25

      فَيَوْمَئِذٍۢ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌۭ

      Fa Yawma izil laa yu'azzibu 'azaabahooo ahad

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

    26. 89:26

      وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌۭ

      Wa laa yoosiqu wasaaqa hooo ahad

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

    27. 89:27

      يَٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ

      Yaaa ayyatuhan nafsul mutma 'innah

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

    28. 89:28

      ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةًۭ مَّرْضِيَّةًۭ

      Irji'eee ilaa Rabbiki raadiyatam mardiyyah

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

    29. 89:29

      فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَٰدِى

      Fadkhulee fee 'ibaadee

      And enter among My [righteous] servants

    30. 89:30

      وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى

      Wadkhulee jannatee

      And enter My Paradise."