Surah Al-Fajr – The Dawn – Quran Chapter 89
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سورة الفجرAl-FajrThe Dawn
89
Chapter
30
Verses
Makki
Revelation
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About Surah Al-Fajr

Al-Fajr opens with a series of oaths, including by the dawn and by ten nights (widely understood as the first ten days of Dhul-Hijjah), then recalls the downfall of once-powerful nations — 'Ad, Thamud, and Pharaoh — who transgressed despite their strength. It critiques the human tendency to equate wealth with honor and poverty with disgrace, and closes with one of the Quran's most quoted passages inviting the contented soul to return to its Lord, well-pleased and pleasing.

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1
وَٱلۡفَجۡرِ
Wal-Fajr
By the Dawn
Divine Oaths and Cosmic Reflection
Tafseer
2
وَلَيَالٍ عَشۡرٖ
Wa layaalin 'ashr
And ten nights,
Divine Oaths and Cosmic Reflection
Tafseer
3
وَٱلشَّفۡعِ وَٱلۡوَتۡرِ
Wash shaf'i wal watr
And the Even and the Odd,
Divine Oaths and Cosmic Reflection
Tafseer
4
وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَسۡرِ
Wallaili izaa yasr
And the night when it departeth,
Divine Oaths and Cosmic Reflection
Tafseer
5
هَلۡ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٞ لِّذِي حِجۡرٍ
Hal fee zaalika qasamul lizee hijr
There surely is an oath for thinking man.
Divine Oaths and Cosmic Reflection
Tafseer
6
أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَيۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
Alam tara kaifa fa'ala rabbuka bi'aad
Dost thou not consider how thy Lord dealt with (the tribe of) A'ad,
Historical Lessons and Divine Retribution
Tafseer
7
إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلۡعِمَادِ
Iramaa zaatil 'imaad
With many-columned Iram,
Historical Lessons and Divine Retribution
Tafseer
8
ٱلَّتِي لَمۡ يُخۡلَقۡ مِثۡلُهَا فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ
Allatee lam yukhlaq misluhaa fil bilaad
The like of which was not created in the lands;
Historical Lessons and Divine Retribution
Tafseer
9
وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُواْ ٱلصَّخۡرَ بِٱلۡوَادِ
Wa samoodal lazeena jaabus sakhra bil waad
And with (the tribe of) Thamud, who clove the rocks in the valley;
Historical Lessons and Divine Retribution
Tafseer
10
وَفِرۡعَوۡنَ ذِي ٱلۡأَوۡتَادِ
Wa fir'awna zil awtaad
And with Pharaoh, firm of might,
Historical Lessons and Divine Retribution
Tafseer
11
ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ
Allazeena taghaw fil bilaad
Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands,
Historical Lessons and Divine Retribution
Tafseer
12
فَأَكۡثَرُواْ فِيهَا ٱلۡفَسَادَ
Fa aksaroo feehal fasaad
And multiplied iniquity therein?
Historical Lessons and Divine Retribution
Tafseer
13
فَصَبَّ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّكَ سَوۡطَ عَذَابٍ
Fasabba 'alaihim Rabbuka sawta 'azaab
Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment.
Historical Lessons and Divine Retribution
Tafseer
14
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلۡمِرۡصَادِ
Inna Rabbaka labil mirsaad
Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful.
Human Accountability and Reckoning
Tafseer
15
فَأَمَّا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبۡتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكۡرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّيٓ أَكۡرَمَنِ
Fa ammal insaanu izaa mab talaahu Rabbuhoo fa akramahoo wa na' 'amahoo fa yaqoolu Rabbeee akraman
As for man, whenever his Lord trieth him by honouring him, and is gracious unto him, he saith: My Lord honoureth me.
Human Nature and Moral Choice
Tafseer
16
وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبۡتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيۡهِ رِزۡقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّيٓ أَهَٰنَنِ
Wa ammaaa izaa mabtalaahu faqadara 'alaihi rizqahoo fa yaqoolu Rabbeee ahaanan
But whenever He trieth him by straitening his means of life, he saith: My Lord despiseth me.
Human Nature and Moral Choice
Tafseer
17
كَلَّاۖ بَل لَّا تُكۡرِمُونَ ٱلۡيَتِيمَ
Kalla bal laa tukrimooo nal yateem
Nay, but ye (for your part) honour not the orphan
Human Transgression and Denial
Tafseer
18
وَلَا تَحَـٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينِ
Wa laa tahaaaddoona 'alaata'aamil miskeen
And urge not on the feeding of the poor.
Human Transgression and Denial
Tafseer
19
وَتَأۡكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكۡلٗا لَّمّٗا
Wa taakuloonat turaasa aklal lammaa
And ye devour heritages with devouring greed.
Human Transgression and Denial
Tafseer
20
وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡمَالَ حُبّٗا جَمّٗا
Wa tuhibboonal maala hubban jammaa
And love wealth with abounding love.
Human Transgression and Denial
Tafseer
21
كَلَّآۖ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ دَكّٗا دَكّٗا
Kallaaa izaaa dukkatil ardu dakkan dakka
Nay, but when the earth is ground to atoms, grinding, grinding,
Cosmic Signs and Eschatological Upheaval
Tafseer
22
وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلۡمَلَكُ صَفّٗا صَفّٗا
Wa jaaa'a Rabbuka wal malaku saffan saffaa
And thy Lord shall come with angels, rank on rank,
Cosmic Signs and Eschatological Upheaval
Tafseer
23
وَجِاْيٓءَ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بِجَهَنَّمَۚ يَوۡمَئِذٖ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ
Wa jeee'a yawma'izim bi jahannnam; Yawma 'iziny yatazakkarul insaanu wa annaa lahuz zikraa
And hell is brought near that day; on that day man will remember, but how will the remembrance (then avail him)?
Eschatological Realities
Tafseer
24
يَقُولُ يَٰلَيۡتَنِي قَدَّمۡتُ لِحَيَاتِي
Yaqoolu yaa laitanee qaddamtu lihayaatee
He will say: Ah, would that I had sent before me (some provision) for my life!
Human Accountability and Reckoning
Tafseer
25
فَيَوۡمَئِذٖ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٞ
Fa Yawma izil laa yu'azzibu 'azaabahooo ahad
None punisheth as He will punish on that day!
Eschatological Realities
Tafseer
26
وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٞ
Wa laa yoosiqu wasaaqa hooo ahad
None bindeth as He then will bind.
Eschatological Realities
Tafseer
27
يَـٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفۡسُ ٱلۡمُطۡمَئِنَّةُ
Yaaa ayyatuhan nafsul mutma 'innah
But ah! thou soul at peace!
Eschatological Realities
Tafseer
28
ٱرۡجِعِيٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةٗ مَّرۡضِيَّةٗ
Irji'eee ilaa Rabbiki raadiyatam mardiyyah
Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure!
Eschatological Realities
Tafseer
29
فَٱدۡخُلِي فِي عِبَٰدِي
Fadkhulee fee 'ibaadee
Enter thou among My bondmen!
Eschatological Realities
Tafseer
30
وَٱدۡخُلِي جَنَّتِي
Wadkhulee jannatee
Enter thou My Garden!
Eschatological Realities
Tafseer