Al-Fajr

Saheeh International

1. By the dawn

2. And [by] ten nights

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

4. And [by] the night when it passes

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

6. Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad

7. [With] Iram - who had lofty pillars

8. The likes of whom had never been created in the land

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

10. And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes

11. [All of] whom oppressed within the lands

12. And increased therein the corruption

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

14. Indeed, your Lord is in observation

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

17. No! But you do not honor the orphan

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

19. And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether

20. And you love wealth with immense love

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

29. And enter among My [righteous] servants

30. And enter My Paradise