Surah Al-Fajr: Reading and Tafsir and Download

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Surah Al-Fajr
سُورَةُ الفَجۡرِ
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وَٱلْفَجْرِ ﴿1﴾ وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ ﴿2﴾ وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ ﴿3﴾ وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ ﴿4﴾ هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ ﴿5﴾ أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ ﴿6﴾ إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ ﴿7﴾ ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ ﴿8﴾ وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ ﴿9﴾ وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ ﴿10﴾ ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ ﴿11﴾ فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ ﴿12﴾ فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ ﴿13﴾ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ ﴿14﴾ فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ ﴿15﴾ وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَٰنَنِ ﴿16﴾ كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ ﴿17﴾ وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ ﴿18﴾ وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا ﴿19﴾ وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا ﴿20﴾ كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا ﴿21﴾ وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا ﴿22﴾ وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ ﴿23﴾

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Tafsir of Surah Al-Fajr (Arberry: A. J. Arberry)

وَٱلْفَجْرِ ﴿1﴾

English Translation

By the dawn (1)

English Transliteration

Waalfajri (1)

Tafsir of Verse 1

By the dawn (1)

وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ ﴿2﴾

English Translation

And [by] ten nights (2)

English Transliteration

Walayalin AAashrin (2)

Tafsir of Verse 2

and ten nights, (2)

وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ ﴿3﴾

English Translation

And [by] the even [number] and the odd (3)

English Transliteration

WaalshshafAAi waalwatri (3)

Tafsir of Verse 3

by the even and the odd, (3)

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ ﴿4﴾

English Translation

And [by] the night when it passes, (4)

English Transliteration

Waallayli itha yasri (4)

Tafsir of Verse 4

by the night when it journeys on! (4)

هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ ﴿5﴾

English Translation

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

English Transliteration

Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin (5)

Tafsir of Verse 5

Is there in that an oath for a mindful man? (5)

أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ ﴿6﴾

English Translation

Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with \'Aad - (6)

English Transliteration

Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin (6)

Tafsir of Verse 6

Hast thou not seen how thy Lord did with Ad, (6)

إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ ﴿7﴾

English Translation

[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars, (7)

English Transliteration

Irama thati alAAimadi (7)

Tafsir of Verse 7

Iram of the pillars, (7)

ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ ﴿8﴾

English Translation

The likes of whom had never been created in the land? (8)

English Transliteration

Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi (8)

Tafsir of Verse 8

the like of which was never created in the land, (8)

وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ ﴿9﴾

English Translation

And [with] Thamud, who carved out the rocks in the valley? (9)

English Transliteration

Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi (9)

Tafsir of Verse 9

and Thamood, who hollowed the rocks in the valley, (9)

وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ ﴿10﴾

English Translation

And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? - (10)

English Transliteration

WafirAAawna thee alawtadi (10)

Tafsir of Verse 10

and Pharaoh, he of the tent-pegs, (10)

ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ ﴿11﴾

English Translation

[All of] whom oppressed within the lands (11)

English Transliteration

Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi (11)

Tafsir of Verse 11

who all were insolent in the land (11)

فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ ﴿12﴾

English Translation

And increased therein the corruption. (12)

English Transliteration

Faaktharoo feeha alfasada (12)

Tafsir of Verse 12

and worked much corruption therein? (12)

فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ ﴿13﴾

English Translation

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

English Transliteration

Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin (13)

Tafsir of Verse 13

Thy Lord unloosed on them a scourge of chastisement; (13)

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ ﴿14﴾

English Translation

Indeed, your Lord is in observation. (14)

English Transliteration

Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi (14)

Tafsir of Verse 14

surely thy Lord is ever on the watch. (14)

فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ ﴿15﴾

English Translation

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." (15)

English Transliteration

Faamma alinsanu itha ma ibtalahu rabbuhu faakramahu wanaAAAAamahu fayaqoolu rabbee akramani (15)

Tafsir of Verse 15

As for man, whenever his Lord tries him, and honours him, and blesses him, then he says, 'My Lord has honoured me.' (15)

وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَٰنَنِ ﴿16﴾

English Translation

But when He tries him and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated me." (16)

English Transliteration

Waamma itha ma ibtalahu faqadara AAalayhi rizqahu fayaqoolu rabbee ahanani (16)

Tafsir of Verse 16

But when he tries him and stints for him his provision, then he says, 'My Lord has despised me.' (16)

كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ ﴿17﴾

English Translation

No! But you do not honor the orphan (17)

English Transliteration

Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema (17)

Tafsir of Verse 17

No indeed; but you honour not the orphan, (17)

وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ ﴿18﴾

English Translation

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

English Transliteration

Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni (18)

Tafsir of Verse 18

and you urge not the feeding of the needy, (18)

وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا ﴿19﴾

English Translation

And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether, (19)

English Transliteration

Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman (19)

Tafsir of Verse 19

and you devour the inheritance greedily, (19)

وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا ﴿20﴾

English Translation

And you love wealth with immense love. (20)

English Transliteration

Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman (20)

Tafsir of Verse 20

and you love wealth with an ardent love (20)

كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا ﴿21﴾

English Translation

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

English Transliteration

Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan (21)

Tafsir of Verse 21

No indeed! When the earth is ground to powder, (21)

وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا ﴿22﴾

English Translation

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

English Transliteration

Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan (22)

Tafsir of Verse 22

and thy Lord comes, and the angels rank on rank, (22)

وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ ﴿23﴾

English Translation

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

English Transliteration

Wajeea yawmaithin bijahannama yawmaithin yatathakkaru alinsanu waanna lahu alththikra (23)

Tafsir of Verse 23

and Gehenna is brought out, upon that day man will remember; and how shall the Reminder be for him? (23)

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