Surah Al-Fajr: word by word, transliteration and English translation

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Transliteration bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi

English In the name of Allāh, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

1. بِسْمِbis'miIn (the) name
2. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
3. ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmānithe Most Gracious
4. ٱلرَّحِيمِl-raḥīmithe Most Merciful

وَٱلْفَجْرِ

Transliteration wal-fajri

English By the dawn

1. وَٱلْفَجْرِwal-fajriBy the dawn

وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ

Transliteration walayālin ʿashrin

English And [by] ten nights

1. وَلَيَالٍwalayālinAnd the nights
2. عَشْرٍۢʿashrinten

وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ

Transliteration wal-shafʿi wal-watri

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

1. وَٱلشَّفْعِwal-shafʿiAnd the even
2. وَٱلْوَتْرِwal-watriand the odd

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ

Transliteration wa-al-layli idhā yasri

English And [by] the night when it passes,

1. وَٱلَّيْلِwa-al-layliAnd the night
2. إِذَاidhāwhen
3. يَسْرِyasriit passes

هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ

Transliteration hal fī dhālika qasamun lidhī ḥij'rin

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

1. هَلْhalIs
2. فِىfīin
3. ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
4. قَسَمٌۭqasamun(not) an oath
5. لِّذِىlidhīfor those
6. حِجْرٍḥij'rinwho understand

أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ

Transliteration alam tara kayfa faʿala rabbuka biʿādin

English Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with ʿAad -

1. أَلَمْalamDid not
2. تَرَtarayou see
3. كَيْفَkayfahow
4. فَعَلَfaʿaladealt
5. رَبُّكَrabbukayour Lord
6. بِعَادٍbiʿādinwith Aad

إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ

Transliteration irama dhāti l-ʿimādi

English [With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,

1. إِرَمَiramaIram
2. ذَاتِdhātipossessors (of)
3. ٱلْعِمَادِl-ʿimādilofty pillars

ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ

Transliteration allatī lam yukh'laq mith'luhā fī l-bilādi

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

1. ٱلَّتِىallatīWhich
2. لَمْlamnot
3. يُخْلَقْyukh'laqhad been created
4. مِثْلُهَاmith'luhālike them
5. فِىfīin
6. ٱلْبِلَـٰدِl-bilādithe cities

وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ

Transliteration wathamūda alladhīna jābū l-ṣakhra bil-wādi

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

1. وَثَمُودَwathamūdaAnd Thamud
2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
3. جَابُوا۟jābūcarved out
4. ٱلصَّخْرَl-ṣakhrathe rocks
5. بِٱلْوَادِbil-wādiin the valley

وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ

Transliteration wafir'ʿawna dhī l-awtādi

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

1. وَفِرْعَوْنَwafir'ʿawnaAnd Firaun
2. ذِىdhīowner of
3. ٱلْأَوْتَادِl-awtādistakes

ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ

Transliteration alladhīna ṭaghaw fī l-bilādi

English [All of] whom oppressed within the lands

1. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaWho
2. طَغَوْا۟ṭaghawtransgressed
3. فِىfīin
4. ٱلْبِلَـٰدِl-bilādithe lands

فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ

Transliteration fa-aktharū fīhā l-fasāda

English And increased therein the corruption.

1. فَأَكْثَرُوا۟fa-aktharūAnd (made) much
2. فِيهَاfīhātherein
3. ٱلْفَسَادَl-fasādacorruption

فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ

Transliteration faṣabba ʿalayhim rabbuka sawṭa ʿadhābin

English So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.

1. فَصَبَّfaṣabbaSo poured
2. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimon them
3. رَبُّكَrabbukayour Lord
4. سَوْطَsawṭascourge
5. عَذَابٍʿadhābin(of) punishment

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ

Transliteration inna rabbaka labil-mir'ṣādi

English Indeed, your Lord is in observation.

1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
2. رَبَّكَrabbakayour Lord
3. لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِlabil-mir'ṣādi(is) surely Ever Watchful

فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ

Transliteration fa-ammā l-insānu idhā mā ib'talāhu rabbuhu fa-akramahu wanaʿʿamahu fayaqūlu rabbī akramani

English 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."

1. فَأَمَّاfa-ammāAnd as for
2. ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُl-insānuman
3. إِذَاidhāwhen
4. مَاmādoes
5. ٱبْتَلَىٰهُib'talāhutry him
6. رَبُّهُۥrabbuhuhis Lord
7. فَأَكْرَمَهُۥfa-akramahuand is generous to him
8. وَنَعَّمَهُۥwanaʿʿamahuand favors him
9. فَيَقُولُfayaqūluhe says
10. رَبِّىٓrabbīMy Lord
11. أَكْرَمَنِakramanihas honored me

وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَـٰنَنِ

Transliteration wa-ammā idhā mā ib'talāhu faqadara ʿalayhi riz'qahu fayaqūlu rabbī ahānani

English But when He tries him and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated me."

1. وَأَمَّآwa-ammāBut
2. إِذَاidhāwhen
3. مَاmādoes
4. ٱبْتَلَىٰهُib'talāhuHe try him
5. فَقَدَرَfaqadaraand restricts
6. عَلَيْهِʿalayhifor him
7. رِزْقَهُۥriz'qahuhis provision
8. فَيَقُولُfayaqūluthen he says
9. رَبِّىٓrabbīMy Lord
10. أَهَـٰنَنِahānani(has) humiliated me

كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ

Transliteration kallā bal lā tuk'rimūna l-yatīma

English No! But you do not honor the orphan

1. كَلَّا ۖkallāNay
2. بَلbalBut
3. لَّاlānot
4. تُكْرِمُونَtuk'rimūnayou honor
5. ٱلْيَتِيمَl-yatīmathe orphan

وَلَا تَحَـٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ

Transliteration walā taḥāḍḍūna ʿalā ṭaʿāmi l-mis'kīni

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

1. وَلَاwalāAnd not
2. تَحَـٰٓضُّونَtaḥāḍḍūnayou feel the urge
3. عَلَىٰʿalāto
4. طَعَامِṭaʿāmifeed
5. ٱلْمِسْكِينِl-mis'kīnithe poor

وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا

Transliteration watakulūna l-turātha aklan lamman

English And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,

1. وَتَأْكُلُونَwatakulūnaAnd you consume
2. ٱلتُّرَاثَl-turāthathe inheritance
3. أَكْلًۭاaklandevouring
4. لَّمًّۭاlammanaltogether

وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا

Transliteration watuḥibbūna l-māla ḥubban jamman

English And you love wealth with immense love.

1. وَتُحِبُّونَwatuḥibbūnaAnd you love
2. ٱلْمَالَl-mālawealth
3. حُبًّۭاḥubban(with) love
4. جَمًّۭاjammanimmense

كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا

Transliteration kallā idhā dukkati l-arḍu dakkan dakkan

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

1. كَلَّآkallāNay
2. إِذَاidhāWhen
3. دُكَّتِdukkatiis leveled
4. ٱلْأَرْضُl-arḍuthe earth
5. دَكًّۭاdakkanpounded
6. دَكًّۭاdakkan(and) crushed

وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا

Transliteration wajāa rabbuka wal-malaku ṣaffan ṣaffan

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

1. وَجَآءَwajāaAnd comes
2. رَبُّكَrabbukayour Lord
3. وَٱلْمَلَكُwal-malakuand the Angels
4. صَفًّۭاṣaffanrank
5. صَفًّۭاṣaffan(upon) rank

وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ

Transliteration wajīa yawma-idhin bijahannama yawma-idhin yatadhakkaru l-insānu wa-annā lahu l-dhik'rā

English And brought [within view], that Day, is Hell - that Day, man will remember, but how [i.e., what good] to him will be the remembrance?

1. وَجِا۟ىٓءَwajīaAnd is brought
2. يَوْمَئِذٍۭyawma-idhinthat Day
3. بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚbijahannamaHell
4. يَوْمَئِذٍۢyawma-idhinThat Day
5. يَتَذَكَّرُyatadhakkaruwill remember
6. ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُl-insānuman
7. وَأَنَّىٰwa-annābut how
8. لَهُlahu(will be) for him
9. ٱلذِّكْرَىٰl-dhik'rāthe remembrance

يَقُولُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى

Transliteration yaqūlu yālaytanī qaddamtu liḥayātī

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

1. يَقُولُyaqūluHe will say
2. يَـٰلَيْتَنِىyālaytanīO I wish
3. قَدَّمْتُqaddamtuI had sent forth
4. لِحَيَاتِىliḥayātīfor my life

فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

Transliteration fayawma-idhin lā yuʿadhibu ʿadhābahu aḥadun

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

1. فَيَوْمَئِذٍۢfayawma-idhinSo that Day
2. لَّاlānot
3. يُعَذِّبُyuʿadhibuwill punish
4. عَذَابَهُۥٓʿadhābahu(as) His punishment
5. أَحَدٌۭaḥadunanyone

وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

Transliteration walā yūthiqu wathāqahu aḥadun

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

1. وَلَاwalāAnd not
2. يُوثِقُyūthiquwill bind
3. وَثَاقَهُۥٓwathāqahu(as) His binding
4. أَحَدٌۭaḥadunanyone

يَـٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ

Transliteration yāayyatuhā l-nafsu l-muṭ'ma-inatu

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

1. يَـٰٓأَيَّتُهَاyāayyatuhāO
2. ٱلنَّفْسُl-nafsusoul
3. ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُl-muṭ'ma-inatuwho is satisfied

ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً

Transliteration ir'jiʿī ilā rabbiki rāḍiyatan marḍiyyatan

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

1. ٱرْجِعِىٓir'jiʿīReturn
2. إِلَىٰilāto
3. رَبِّكِrabbikiyour Lord
4. رَاضِيَةًۭrāḍiyatanwell pleased
5. مَّرْضِيَّةًۭmarḍiyyatanand pleasing

فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَـٰدِى

Transliteration fa-ud'khulī fī ʿibādī

English And enter among My [righteous] servants

1. فَٱدْخُلِىfa-ud'khulīSo enter
2. فِىfīamong
3. عِبَـٰدِىʿibādīMy slaves

وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى

Transliteration wa-ud'khulī jannatī

English And enter My Paradise."

1. وَٱدْخُلِىwa-ud'khulīAnd enter
2. جَنَّتِىjannatīMy Paradise