# Surah Al-Fajr (الفَجْر) — The Dawn

> **Chapter 89 of the Holy Quran** · **30 Verses** · **Meccan Revelation**

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- **Reciter**: Sheikh Mishary Rashid Al-Afasy
- **Script**: Authentic Uthmanic Arabic Script (Hafs 'an 'Asim)
- **English Translation**: Saheeh International (100+ additional languages available on the interactive web reader)

## Complete Quran Text & English Translation (30 Verses)

### Verse 89:1

وَٱلۡفَجۡرِ

By the dawn

### Verse 89:2

وَلَيَالٍ عَشۡرࣲ‏

And [by] ten nights

### Verse 89:3

وَٱلشَّفۡعِ وَٱلۡوَتۡرِ

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

### Verse 89:4

وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَسۡرِ

And [by] the night when it passes

### Verse 89:5

هَلۡ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمࣱ لِّذِي حِجۡرٍ

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

### Verse 89:6

أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَيۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ

Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad

### Verse 89:7

إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلۡعِمَادِ

[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars

### Verse 89:8

ٱلَّتِي لَمۡ يُخۡلَقۡ مِثۡلُهَا فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ

The likes of whom had never been created in the land

### Verse 89:9

وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُواْ ٱلصَّخۡرَ بِٱلۡوَادِ

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

### Verse 89:10

وَفِرۡعَوۡنَ ذِي ٱلۡأَوۡتَادِ

And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes

### Verse 89:11

ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ

[All of] whom oppressed within the lands

### Verse 89:12

فَأَكۡثَرُواْ فِيهَا ٱلۡفَسَادَ

And increased therein the corruption

### Verse 89:13

فَصَبَّ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّكَ سَوۡطَ عَذَابٍ

So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment

### Verse 89:14

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلۡمِرۡصَادِ

Indeed, your Lord is in observation

### Verse 89:15

فَأَمَّا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبۡتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكۡرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّيٓ أَكۡرَمَنِ

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

### Verse 89:16

وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبۡتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيۡهِ رِزۡقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّيٓ أَهَٰنَنِ

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

### Verse 89:17

كَلَّاۖ بَل لَّا تُكۡرِمُونَ ٱلۡيَتِيمَ

No! But you do not honor the orphan

### Verse 89:18

وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينِ

And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor

### Verse 89:19

وَتَأۡكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكۡلࣰ ا لَّمࣰّ ا

And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether

### Verse 89:20

وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡمَالَ حُبࣰّ ا جَمࣰّ ا

And you love wealth with immense love

### Verse 89:21

كَلَّآۖ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ دَكࣰّ ا دَكࣰّ ا

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

### Verse 89:22

وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلۡمَلَكُ صَفࣰّ ا صَفࣰّ ا

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

### Verse 89:23

وَجِاْيٓءَ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بِجَهَنَّمَۚ يَوۡمَئِذࣲ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ

And brought [within view], that Day, is Hell - that Day, man will remember, but what good to him will be the remembrance

### Verse 89:24

يَقُولُ يَٰلَيۡتَنِي قَدَّمۡتُ لِحَيَاتِي

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

### Verse 89:25

فَيَوۡمَئِذࣲ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدࣱ‏

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

### Verse 89:26

وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدࣱ‏

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

### Verse 89:27

يَٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفۡسُ ٱلۡمُطۡمَئِنَّةُ

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

### Verse 89:28

ٱرۡجِعِيٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةࣰ مَّرۡضِيَّةࣰ‏

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

### Verse 89:29

فَٱدۡخُلِي فِي عِبَٰدِي

And enter among My [righteous] servants

### Verse 89:30

وَٱدۡخُلِي جَنَّتِي

And enter My Paradise