Al-Fajr

Sahih International

By the dawn

Yusuf Ali

By the break of Day

Pickthall

By the Dawn

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالْفَجْرِ

Sahih International

And [by] ten nights

Yusuf Ali

By the Nights twice five;

Pickthall

And ten nights,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

By the even and odd (contrasted);

Pickthall

And the Even and the Odd,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَالشَّفْعِ وَالْوَتْرِ

Sahih International

And [by] the night when it passes,

Yusuf Ali

And by the Night when it passeth away;-

Pickthall

And the night when it departeth,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

Is there (not) in these an adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand?

Pickthall

There surely is an oath for thinking man.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

هَلْ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِذِي حِجْرٍ

Sahih International

Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad -

Yusuf Ali

Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad (people),-

Pickthall

Dost thou not consider how thy Lord dealt with (the tribe of) A'ad,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ

Sahih International

[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,

Yusuf Ali

Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,

Pickthall

With many-columned Iram,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

إِرَمَ ذَاتِ الْعِمَادِ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

The like of which were not produced in (all) the land?

Pickthall

The like of which was not created in the lands;

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

الَّتِي لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِي الْبِلَادِ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

And with the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley?-

Pickthall

And with (the tribe of) Thamud, who clove the rocks in the valley;

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَثَمُودَ الَّذِينَ جَابُوا الصَّخْرَ بِالْوَادِ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?

Pickthall

And with Pharaoh, firm of might,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِي الْأَوْتَادِ

Sahih International

[All of] whom oppressed within the lands

Yusuf Ali

(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,

Pickthall

Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

الَّذِينَ طَغَوْا فِي الْبِلَادِ

Sahih International

And increased therein the corruption.

Yusuf Ali

And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).

Pickthall

And multiplied iniquity therein?

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

فَأَكْثَرُوا فِيهَا الْفَسَادَ

Sahih International

So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.

Yusuf Ali

Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements:

Pickthall

Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ

Sahih International

Indeed, your Lord is in observation.

Yusuf Ali

For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch-tower.

Pickthall

Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِالْمِرْصَادِ

Sahih International

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."

Yusuf Ali

Now, as for man, when his Lord trieth him, giving him honour and gifts, then saith he, (puffed up), "My Lord hath honoured me."

Pickthall

As for man, whenever his Lord trieth him by honouring him, and is gracious unto him, he saith: My Lord honoureth me.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

فَأَمَّا الْإِنْسَانُ إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ رَبُّهُ فَأَكْرَمَهُ وَنَعَّمَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَكْرَمَنِ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

But when He trieth him, restricting his subsistence for him, then saith he (in despair), "My Lord hath humiliated me!"

Pickthall

But whenever He trieth him by straitening his means of life, he saith: My Lord despiseth me.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَأَمَّا إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَهَانَنِ

Sahih International

No! But you do not honor the orphan

Yusuf Ali

Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!

Pickthall

Nay, but ye (for your part) honour not the orphan

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

كَلَّا ۖ بَلْ لَا تُكْرِمُونَ الْيَتِيمَ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor!-

Pickthall

And urge not on the feeding of the poor.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَلَا تَحَاضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ

Sahih International

And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,

Yusuf Ali

And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,

Pickthall

And ye devour heritages with devouring greed.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَتَأْكُلُونَ التُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَمًّا

Sahih International

And you love wealth with immense love.

Yusuf Ali

And ye love wealth with inordinate love!

Pickthall

And love wealth with abounding love.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَتُحِبُّونَ الْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,

Pickthall

Nay, but when the earth is ground to atoms, grinding, grinding,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

كَلَّا إِذَا دُكَّتِ الْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

And thy Lord cometh, and His angels, rank upon rank,

Pickthall

And thy Lord shall come with angels, rank on rank,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَجَاءَ رَبُّكَ وَالْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

And Hell, that Day, is brought (face to face),- on that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance profit him?

Pickthall

And hell is brought near that day; on that day man will remember, but how will the remembrance (then avail him)?

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَجِيءَ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنْسَانُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ الذِّكْرَىٰ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

He will say: "Ah! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my (Future) Life!"

Pickthall

He will say: Ah, would that I had sent before me (some provision) for my life!

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

يَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِي

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict,

Pickthall

None punisheth as He will punish on that day!

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُ أَحَدٌ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.

Pickthall

None bindeth as He then will bind.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُ أَحَدٌ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

(To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction!

Pickthall

But ah! thou soul at peace!

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

يَا أَيَّتُهَا النَّفْسُ الْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

"Come back thou to thy Lord,- well pleased (thyself), and well-pleasing unto Him!

Pickthall

Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure!

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

ارْجِعِي إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَرْضِيَّةً

Sahih International

And enter among My [righteous] servants

Yusuf Ali

"Enter thou, then, among My devotees!

Pickthall

Enter thou among My bondmen!

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

فَادْخُلِي فِي عِبَادِي

Sahih International

And enter My Paradise."

Yusuf Ali

"Yea, enter thou My Heaven!

Pickthall

Enter thou My Garden!

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَادْخُلِي جَنَّتِي