Surah Al-Fajr for kids

Surah

89

Verses

30

Revealed in

Makkah

Meaning

The Dawn

1. 1

   وَٱلْفَجْرِ

   wal-fajri

   By the dawn

   Word by word

   • وَٱلْفَجْرِwal-fajriBy the dawn
2. 2

   وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ

   walayālin ʿashrin

   And [by] ten nights

   Word by word

   • وَلَيَالٍwalayālinAnd the nights
   • عَشْرٍۢʿashrinten
3. 3

   وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ

   wal-shafʿi wal-watri

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

   Word by word

   • وَٱلشَّفْعِwal-shafʿiAnd the even
   • وَٱلْوَتْرِwal-watriand the odd
4. 4

   وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ

   wa-al-layli idhā yasri

   And [by] the night when it passes,

   Word by word

   • وَٱلَّيْلِwa-al-layliAnd the night
   • إِذَاidhāwhen
   • يَسْرِyasriit passes
5. 5

   هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ

   hal fī dhālika qasamun lidhī ḥij'rin

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

   Word by word

   • هَلْhalIs
   • فِىfīin
   • ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
   • قَسَمٌۭqasamun(not) an oath
   • لِّذِىlidhīfor those
   • حِجْرٍḥij'rinwho understand
6. 6

   أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ

   alam tara kayfa faʿala rabbuka biʿādin

   Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with ʿAad -

   Word by word

   • أَلَمْalamDid not
   • تَرَtarayou see
   • كَيْفَkayfahow
   • فَعَلَfaʿaladealt
   • رَبُّكَrabbukayour Lord
   • بِعَادٍbiʿādinwith Aad
7. 7

   إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ

   irama dhāti l-ʿimādi

   [With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,

   Word by word

   • إِرَمَiramaIram
   • ذَاتِdhātipossessors (of)
   • ٱلْعِمَادِl-ʿimādilofty pillars
8. 8

   ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ

   allatī lam yukh'laq mith'luhā fī l-bilādi

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

   Word by word

   • ٱلَّتِىallatīWhich
   • لَمْlamnot
   • يُخْلَقْyukh'laqhad been created
   • مِثْلُهَاmith'luhālike them
   • فِىfīin
   • ٱلْبِلَـٰدِl-bilādithe cities
9. 9

   وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ

   wathamūda alladhīna jābū l-ṣakhra bil-wādi

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

   Word by word

   • وَثَمُودَwathamūdaAnd Thamud
   • ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
   • جَابُوا۟jābūcarved out
   • ٱلصَّخْرَl-ṣakhrathe rocks
   • بِٱلْوَادِbil-wādiin the valley
10. 10

    وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ

    wafir'ʿawna dhī l-awtādi

    And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes?

    Word by word

    • وَفِرْعَوْنَwafir'ʿawnaAnd Firaun
    • ذِىdhīowner of
    • ٱلْأَوْتَادِl-awtādistakes
11. 11

    ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ

    alladhīna ṭaghaw fī l-bilādi

    [All of] whom oppressed within the lands

    Word by word

    • ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaWho
    • طَغَوْا۟ṭaghawtransgressed
    • فِىfīin
    • ٱلْبِلَـٰدِl-bilādithe lands
12. 12

    فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ

    fa-aktharū fīhā l-fasāda

    And increased therein the corruption.

    Word by word

    • فَأَكْثَرُوا۟fa-aktharūAnd (made) much
    • فِيهَاfīhātherein
    • ٱلْفَسَادَl-fasādacorruption
13. 13

    فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ

    faṣabba ʿalayhim rabbuka sawṭa ʿadhābin

    So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.

    Word by word

    • فَصَبَّfaṣabbaSo poured
    • عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimon them
    • رَبُّكَrabbukayour Lord
    • سَوْطَsawṭascourge
    • عَذَابٍʿadhābin(of) punishment
14. 14

    إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ

    inna rabbaka labil-mir'ṣādi

    Indeed, your Lord is in observation.

    Word by word

    • إِنَّinnaIndeed
    • رَبَّكَrabbakayour Lord
    • لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِlabil-mir'ṣādi(is) surely Ever Watchful
15. 15

    فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ

    fa-ammā l-insānu idhā mā ib'talāhu rabbuhu fa-akramahu wanaʿʿamahu fayaqūlu rabbī akramani

    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."

    Word by word

    • فَأَمَّاfa-ammāAnd as for
    • ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُl-insānuman
    • إِذَاidhāwhen
    • مَاmādoes
    • ٱبْتَلَىٰهُib'talāhutry him
    • رَبُّهُۥrabbuhuhis Lord
    • فَأَكْرَمَهُۥfa-akramahuand is generous to him
    • وَنَعَّمَهُۥwanaʿʿamahuand favors him
    • فَيَقُولُfayaqūluhe says
    • رَبِّىٓrabbīMy Lord
    • أَكْرَمَنِakramanihas honored me
16. 16

    وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَـٰنَنِ

    wa-ammā idhā mā ib'talāhu faqadara ʿalayhi riz'qahu fayaqūlu rabbī ahānani

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

    Word by word

    • وَأَمَّآwa-ammāBut
    • إِذَاidhāwhen
    • مَاmādoes
    • ٱبْتَلَىٰهُib'talāhuHe try him
    • فَقَدَرَfaqadaraand restricts
    • عَلَيْهِʿalayhifor him
    • رِزْقَهُۥriz'qahuhis provision
    • فَيَقُولُfayaqūluthen he says
    • رَبِّىٓrabbīMy Lord
    • أَهَـٰنَنِahānani(has) humiliated me
17. 17

    كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ

    kallā bal lā tuk'rimūna l-yatīma

    No! But you do not honor the orphan

    Word by word

    • كَلَّا ۖkallāNay
    • بَلbalBut
    • لَّاlānot
    • تُكْرِمُونَtuk'rimūnayou honor
    • ٱلْيَتِيمَl-yatīmathe orphan
18. 18

    وَلَا تَحَـٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ

    walā taḥāḍḍūna ʿalā ṭaʿāmi l-mis'kīni

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

    Word by word

    • وَلَاwalāAnd not
    • تَحَـٰٓضُّونَtaḥāḍḍūnayou feel the urge
    • عَلَىٰʿalāto
    • طَعَامِṭaʿāmifeed
    • ٱلْمِسْكِينِl-mis'kīnithe poor
19. 19

    وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا

    watakulūna l-turātha aklan lamman

    And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,

    Word by word

    • وَتَأْكُلُونَwatakulūnaAnd you consume
    • ٱلتُّرَاثَl-turāthathe inheritance
    • أَكْلًۭاaklandevouring
    • لَّمًّۭاlammanaltogether
20. 20

    وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا

    watuḥibbūna l-māla ḥubban jamman

    And you love wealth with immense love.

    Word by word

    • وَتُحِبُّونَwatuḥibbūnaAnd you love
    • ٱلْمَالَl-mālawealth
    • حُبًّۭاḥubban(with) love
    • جَمًّۭاjammanimmense
21. 21

    كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا

    kallā idhā dukkati l-arḍu dakkan dakkan

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

    Word by word

    • كَلَّآkallāNay
    • إِذَاidhāWhen
    • دُكَّتِdukkatiis leveled
    • ٱلْأَرْضُl-arḍuthe earth
    • دَكًّۭاdakkanpounded
    • دَكًّۭاdakkan(and) crushed
22. 22

    وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا

    wajāa rabbuka wal-malaku ṣaffan ṣaffan

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

    Word by word

    • وَجَآءَwajāaAnd comes
    • رَبُّكَrabbukayour Lord
    • وَٱلْمَلَكُwal-malakuand the Angels
    • صَفًّۭاṣaffanrank
    • صَفًّۭاṣaffan(upon) rank
23. 23

    وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ

    wajīa yawma-idhin bijahannama yawma-idhin yatadhakkaru l-insānu wa-annā lahu l-dhik'rā

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

    Word by word

    • وَجِا۟ىٓءَwajīaAnd is brought
    • يَوْمَئِذٍۭyawma-idhinthat Day
    • بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚbijahannamaHell
    • يَوْمَئِذٍۢyawma-idhinThat Day
    • يَتَذَكَّرُyatadhakkaruwill remember
    • ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُl-insānuman
    • وَأَنَّىٰwa-annābut how
    • لَهُlahu(will be) for him
    • ٱلذِّكْرَىٰl-dhik'rāthe remembrance
24. 24

    يَقُولُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى

    yaqūlu yālaytanī qaddamtu liḥayātī

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

    Word by word

    • يَقُولُyaqūluHe will say
    • يَـٰلَيْتَنِىyālaytanīO I wish
    • قَدَّمْتُqaddamtuI had sent forth
    • لِحَيَاتِىliḥayātīfor my life
25. 25

    فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

    fayawma-idhin lā yuʿadhibu ʿadhābahu aḥadun

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

    Word by word

    • فَيَوْمَئِذٍۢfayawma-idhinSo that Day
    • لَّاlānot
    • يُعَذِّبُyuʿadhibuwill punish
    • عَذَابَهُۥٓʿadhābahu(as) His punishment
    • أَحَدٌۭaḥadunanyone
26. 26

    وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

    walā yūthiqu wathāqahu aḥadun

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

    Word by word

    • وَلَاwalāAnd not
    • يُوثِقُyūthiquwill bind
    • وَثَاقَهُۥٓwathāqahu(as) His binding
    • أَحَدٌۭaḥadunanyone
27. 27

    يَـٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ

    yāayyatuhā l-nafsu l-muṭ'ma-inatu

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

    Word by word

    • يَـٰٓأَيَّتُهَاyāayyatuhāO
    • ٱلنَّفْسُl-nafsusoul
    • ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُl-muṭ'ma-inatuwho is satisfied
28. 28

    ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً

    ir'jiʿī ilā rabbiki rāḍiyatan marḍiyyatan

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

    Word by word

    • ٱرْجِعِىٓir'jiʿīReturn
    • إِلَىٰilāto
    • رَبِّكِrabbikiyour Lord
    • رَاضِيَةًۭrāḍiyatanwell pleased
    • مَّرْضِيَّةًۭmarḍiyyatanand pleasing
29. 29

    فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَـٰدِى

    fa-ud'khulī fī ʿibādī

    And enter among My [righteous] servants

    Word by word

    • فَٱدْخُلِىfa-ud'khulīSo enter
    • فِىfīamong
    • عِبَـٰدِىʿibādīMy slaves
30. 30

    وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى

    wa-ud'khulī jannatī

    And enter My Paradise."

    Word by word

    • وَٱدْخُلِىwa-ud'khulīAnd enter
    • جَنَّتِىjannatīMy Paradise

Arabic text, transliteration and translation as they appear in the Quran for Kids app. English translation: Saheeh International.