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Surah Al-Fajr (The Dawn, الفجر) is the 89th surah of the Noble Quran — a Meccan surah of 30 verses. Read it below in Arabic with the English translation of Marmaduke Pickthall, and listen verse by verse to famous Egyptian reciters.
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ ٦
Dost thou not consider how thy Lord dealt with (the tribe of) A'ad,
ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ ٨
The like of which was not created in the lands;
وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ ٩
And with (the tribe of) Thamud, who clove the rocks in the valley;
فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ ١٣
Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment.
فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ ١٥
As for man, whenever his Lord trieth him by honouring him, and is gracious unto him, he saith: My Lord honoureth me.
وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَٰنَنِ ١٦
But whenever He trieth him by straitening his means of life, he saith: My Lord despiseth me.
كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّۭا دَكًّۭا ٢١
Nay, but when the earth is ground to atoms, grinding, grinding,
وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّۭا صَفًّۭا ٢٢
And thy Lord shall come with angels, rank on rank,
وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ ٢٣
And hell is brought near that day; on that day man will remember, but how will the remembrance (then avail him)?
يَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى ٢٤
He will say: Ah, would that I had sent before me (some provision) for my life!
فَيَوْمَئِذٍۢ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌۭ ٢٥
None punisheth as He will punish on that day!
ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةًۭ مَّرْضِيَّةًۭ ٢٨
Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure!
Arabic text: Tanzil Project (tanzil.net) · English translation: M. M. Pickthall · Recitations: mp3quran.net
Al-Fajr