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SURAH AL-FAJR (THE DAYBREAK)
This surah was revealed in Mecca and it has 30 verses. Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq (a.s.) urged believers to recite this surah in their prayers as it is the surah of Imam Husain (a.s.) and the one who recites it often will be in the company of Imam Husain (a.s.) on the Day of Judgement.
It is narrated from the Holy Prophet (S) that the one who recites this surah, Allah (s.w.t) will forgive his sins amounting to ten times the number of people who recite this surah. On the Day of Reckoning he will have a shining light. If this surah is written as a taweez and then tied to one’s back, after which he goes into his wife, then Allah (s.w.t) will give him a child who will be a means of pride and blessings for him.
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
وَالْفَجْرِۙ(1)
(1) I swear by the daybreak,
وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍۙ(2)
(2) And the ten nights,
وَّالشَّفْعِ وَالْوَتْرِۙ(3)
(3) And the even and the odd,
وَالَّيْلِ اِذَا يَسْرِۚ(4)
(4) And the night when it departs.
هَلْ فِىْ ذٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِىْ حِجْرٍؕ(5)
(5) Truly in that there is an oath for those who possess understanding.
اَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍۙ(6)
(6) Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with Ad,
اِرَمَ ذَاتِ الْعِمَادِۙ(7)
(7) (The people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings,
الَّتِىْ لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى الْبِلَادِۙ(8)
(8) The like of which were not created in the (other) cities;
وَثَمُوْدَ الَّذِيْنَ جَابُوا الصَّخْرَ بِالْوَادِۙ(9)
(9) And (with) Samood, who hewed out the rocks in the valley,
وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى الْاَوْتَادِۙ(10)
(10) And (with) Firon, the lord of hosts,
الَّذِيْنَ طَغَوْا فِى الْبِلَادِۙ(11)
(11) Who committed inordinacy in the cities,
فَاَكْثَرُوْا فِيْهَا الْفَسَادَۙ(12)
(12) So they made great mischief therein?
فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ ۙۚ(13)
(13) Therefore your Lord let down upon them a portion of the chastisement.
اِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِالْمِرْصَادِؕ(14)
(14) Most surely your Lord is watching.
فَاَمَّا الْاِنْسَانُ اِذَا مَا ابْتَلٰٮهُ رَبُّهٗ فَاَكْرَمَهٗ وَنَعَّمَهٗ ۙ فَيَقُوْلُ رَبِّىْۤ اَكْرَمَنِؕ(15)
(15) And as for man, when his Lord tries him, then treats him with honor and makes him lead an easy life, he says: My Lord honors me.
وَاَمَّاۤ اِذَا مَا ابْتَلٰٮهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهٗ ۙ فَيَقُوْلُ رَبِّىْۤ اَهَانَنِۚ(16)
(16) But when He tries him (differently), then straitens to him his means of subsistence, he says: My Lord has disgraced me.
كَلَّا بَلْ لَّا تُكْرِمُوْنَ الْيَتِيْمَۙ(17)
(17) Nay! but you do not honor the orphan,
وَلَا تَحٰٓضُّوْنَ عَلٰى طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِيْنِۙ(18)
(18) Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor,
وَتَاْكُلُوْنَ التُّرَاثَ اَكْلًا لَّمًّا ۙ(19)
(19) And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything) indiscriminately,
وَّتُحِبُّوْنَ الْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا ؕ(20)
(20) And you love wealth withexceeding love.
كَلَّاۤ اِذَا دُكَّتِ الْاَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا ۙ(21)
(21) Nay! when the earth is made to crumble to pieces,
وَّجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَالْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا ۚ(22)
(22) And your Lord comes and (also) the angels in ranks,
وَجِاىْٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۙ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَّتَذَكَّرُ الْاِنْسَانُ وَاَنّٰى لَهُ الذِّكْرٰىؕ(23)
(23) And hell is made to appear on that day. On that day shall man be mindful, and what shall being mindful (then) avail him?
يَقُوْلُ يٰلَيْتَنِىْ قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِىۚ(24)
(24) He shall say: O! would that I had sent before for (this) my life!
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهٗۤ اَحَدٌ ۙ(25)
(25) But on that day shall no one chastise with (anything like) His chastisement,
وَّلَا يُوْثِقُ وَثَاقَهٗۤ اَحَدٌ ؕ(26)
(26) And no one shall bind with (anything like) His binding.
يٰۤاَيَّتُهَا النَّفْسُ الْمُطْمَئِنَّةُۖ(27)
(27) O soul that art at rest!
ارْجِعِىْۤ اِلٰى رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً ۚ(28)
(28) Return to your Lord, well-pleased (with him), well-pleasing (Him),
فَادْخُلِىْ فِىْ عِبٰدِىۙ(29)
(29) So enter among My servants,
وَادْخُلِىْ جَنَّتِى(30)
(30) And enter into My garden.