Surah Al-Fajr

The text of Surah Al-Fajr in Arabic:

1. وَالْفَجْرِ
2. وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ
3. وَالشَّفْعِ وَالْوَتْرِ
4. وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ
5. هَلْ فِي ذَلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِي حِجْرٍ
6. أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
7. إِرَمَ ذَاتِ الْعِمَادِ
8. الَّتِي لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِي الْبِلادِ
9. وَثَمُودَ الَّذِينَ جَابُوا الصَّخْرَ بِالْوَادِ
10. وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِي الأَوْتَادِ
11. الَّذِينَ طَغَوْا فِي الْبِلادِ
12. فَأَكْثَرُوا فِيهَا الْفَسَادَ
13. فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ
14. إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِالْمِرْصَادِ
15. فَأَمَّا الإِنسَانُ إِذَا مَا ابْتَلاهُ رَبُّهُ فَأَكْرَمَهُ وَنَعَّمَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَكْرَمَنِ
16. وَأَمَّا إِذَا مَا ابْتَلاهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَهَانَنِ
17. كَلاَّ بَل لّا تُكْرِمُونَ الْيَتِيمَ
18. وَلا تَحَاضُّونَ عَلَى طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ
19. وَتَأْكُلُونَ التُّرَاثَ أَكْلا لَّمًّا
20. وَتُحِبُّونَ الْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا
21. كَلاَّ إِذَا دُكَّتِ الأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا
22. وَجَاءَ رَبُّكَ وَالْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا
23. وَجِيءَ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِجَهَنَّمَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ الإِنسَانُ وَأَنَّى لَهُ الذِّكْرَى
24. يَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِي
25. فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُ أَحَدٌ
26. وَلا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُ أَحَدٌ
27. يَا أَيَّتُهَا النَّفْسُ الْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ
28. ارْجِعِي إِلَى رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً
29. فَادْخُلِي فِي عِبَادِي
30. وَادْخُلِي جَنَّتِي

Translation of Surah Al-Fajr in English:

At dawn,

And ten nights,

And the even and the odd,

And the night when it passes;

Is there any divider for one who has a pledge?

Have you not seen how your Lord dealt with ‘Aad,

Of Iram, with its lofty pillars,

The like of which were not created in the lands?

And Thamud, who carved out the rocks in the valley,

And Pharaoh, of the stakes?

Who committed excesses in the lands

And multiplied corruption therein.

So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.

Indeed, your Lord is ever watchful.

But as for man, when his Lord tries him and [thus] is generous to him and favors him, he says, “My Lord has honored me.”

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

No! But you do not honor the orphan

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

And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,

And you love wealth with immense love.

No! When the earth has been leveled –

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

And Hellfire has been brought near – on that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance benefit him?

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

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

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

“Oh, soul at peace,

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

And enter among My [righteous] servants

And enter My Paradise.”

How to pronounce Surah Al-Fajr in English

(for those who can not read the Arabic text but want to do the correct pronunciation)

Wa-l-Fajri

Wa-layālin ‘ašrin

Wa-š-Šaf’i wa-l-Watri

Wa-l-Layli ‘iḏā yasri

Hal fi ḏālika qasamun li-ḏī ḥijrin

‘Alam tarā kayfa fa’ala Rabbuka bi-‘ādin

‘Irmā ḏāti l-‘imādi

Al-latī lam yukhlaq mithluhā fi l-bilādi

Wa-ṯamūdalladhīna jābū aṣ-ṣakhra bi-l-wādi

Wa-fir’awna ḏi l-‘awtādi

Al-ladhīna ṭaghaw fi l-bilādi

Fa’aktharū fīhā l-fasāda

Faṣabba ‘alayhim Rabbuka sawṭa ‘aḏābin

‘Inna Rabbaka labi l-mirṣādi

Fa’ammā l-‘insānu ‘iḏā mā ibtalāhu Rabbuhu fa’akramahu wa-na’ammahu fayaqūlu Rabbī ‘akramani

Wa’ammā ‘iḏā mā ibtalāhu faqadara ‘alayhi rizqahu fayaqūlu Rabbī ‘ahānani

Kallā bal lā tukrimūna l-yatīma

Wa-lā taḥāḍḍūna ‘alā ṭa’āmi l-miskeeni

Wa-ta’kulūna t-turātha ‘aklā lammā

Wa-tuḥibbūna l-māla ḥubban jammā

Kallā ‘iḏā dukkat l-arḍu dakkan dakkā

Wa-jā’a Rabbuka wa-l-malaku ṣaffān ṣaffā

Wa-jī’a yawma’iḏin bijahannama yawma’iḏin yataḏakkaru l-‘insānu wa-‘annā lahu ḏ-ḏikrā

Yaqūlu yā laytanī qaddamtu li-ḥayātī

Fa-yawma’iḏin lā yu’aḏḏibu ‘aḏābahu ‘aḥadun

Wa-lā yuwṯiqu waṯāqahu ‘aḥadun

Yā ‘ayyu-hā n-nafsu l-muṭma’innatu

Arji’ī ‘ilā Rabbiki rāḍiyatan marḍiyyatan

Fādkhulī fi ‘ibādī

Wa-dkhulī jannatī

benefits of Surah Al-Fajr

Surah Al-Fajr is a powerful chapter of the Quran that can bring immense blessings to the reciter. It is said to bring peace and contentment to the heart of the reciter, and to protect them from harm. It is also said to be a cure for physical and spiritual ailments, and to bring success in worldly matters. Additionally, it is said to bring protection from the punishment of the grave, and to increase one’s sustenance.