وَٱلۡفَجۡرِ

Meaning: By the dawn

وَلَيَالٍ عَشۡرٖ

Meaning: And [by] ten nights

وَٱلشَّفۡعِ وَٱلۡوَتۡرِ

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

وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَسۡرِ

Meaning: And [by] the night when it passes

هَلۡ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٞ لِّذِي حِجۡرٍ

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

أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَيۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ

Meaning: Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad

إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلۡعِمَادِ

Meaning: [With] Iram - who had lofty pillars

ٱلَّتِي لَمۡ يُخۡلَقۡ مِثۡلُهَا فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ

Meaning: The likes of whom had never been created in the land

وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُواْ ٱلصَّخۡرَ بِٱلۡوَادِ

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

وَفِرۡعَوۡنَ ذِي ٱلۡأَوۡتَادِ

Meaning: And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes

ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوۡاْ فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ

Meaning: [All of] whom oppressed within the lands

فَأَكۡثَرُواْ فِيهَا ٱلۡفَسَادَ

Meaning: And increased therein the corruption

فَصَبَّ عَلَيۡهِمۡ رَبُّكَ سَوۡطَ عَذَابٍ

Meaning: So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلۡمِرۡصَادِ

Meaning: Indeed, your Lord is in observation

فَأَمَّا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبۡتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكۡرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّيٓ أَكۡرَمَنِ

Meaning: 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

وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبۡتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيۡهِ رِزۡقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّيٓ أَهَٰنَنِ

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

كَلَّاۖ بَل لَّا تُكۡرِمُونَ ٱلۡيَتِيمَ

Meaning: No! But you do not honor the orphan

وَلَا تَحَـٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلۡمِسۡكِينِ

Meaning: And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor

وَتَأۡكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكۡلٗا لَّمّٗا

Meaning: And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether

وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلۡمَالَ حُبّٗا جَمّٗا

Meaning: And you love wealth with immense love

كَلَّآۖ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ دَكّٗا دَكّٗا

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

وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلۡمَلَكُ صَفّٗا صَفّٗا

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

وَجِاْيٓءَ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بِجَهَنَّمَۚ يَوۡمَئِذٖ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكۡرَىٰ

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

يَقُولُ يَٰلَيۡتَنِي قَدَّمۡتُ لِحَيَاتِي

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

فَيَوۡمَئِذٖ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٞ

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

وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٞ

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

يَـٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفۡسُ ٱلۡمُطۡمَئِنَّةُ

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

ٱرۡجِعِيٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةٗ مَّرۡضِيَّةٗ

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

فَٱدۡخُلِي فِي عِبَٰدِي

Meaning: And enter among My [righteous] servants

وَٱدۡخُلِي جَنَّتِي

Meaning: And enter My Paradise