الفجر

89 - The Dawn (Al-Fajr)

Order of Revelation: 10

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

Transliteration:

Bismi Allahi alrrahmani alrraheemi

Word by Word:

In (the) name (of) Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

Translations:

In the name of God, The Most Gracious, The Dispenser of Grace.

In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

In the name of Allah , the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

وَالْفَجْرِ

Transliteration:

Waalfajri

Word by Word:

By the dawn,

Translations:

CONSIDER the daybreak

By the break of Day

By the Dawn

By the daybreak!

By the dawn

وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ

Transliteration:

Walayalin AAashrin

Word by Word:

And the nights ten.

Translations:

and the ten nights!

By the Nights twice five;

And ten nights,

And the ten nights!

And [by] ten nights

وَالشَّفْعِ وَالْوَتْرِ

Transliteration:

WaalshshafAAi waalwatri

Word by Word:

And the even and the odd,

Translations:

Consider the multiple and the One!

By the even and odd (contrasted);

And the Even and the Odd,

And the even and the odd!

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

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ

Transliteration:

Waallayli itha yasri

Word by Word:

And the night when it passes.

Translations:

Consider the night as it runs its course!

And by the Night when it passeth away;-

And the night when it departeth,

And the night when it departs!

And [by] the night when it passes,

هَلْ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِي حِجْرٍ

Transliteration:

Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin

Word by Word:

Is in that (not) an oath for those who understand?

Translations:

Considering all this - could there be, to anyone endowed with reason, a [more] solemn evidence of the truth?

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

There surely is an oath for thinking man.

Truly in this is an oath for men of understanding.

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