بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
وَالْفَجْرِ
Wal-Fajr
By the dawn
وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ
Wa layaalin 'ashr
And [by] ten nights
وَالشَّفْعِ وَالْوَتْرِ
Wash shaf'i wal watr
And [by] the even [number] and the odd
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ
Wallaili izaa yasr
And [by] the night when it passes,
هَلْ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِي حِجْرٍ
Hal fee zaalika qasamul lizee hijr
Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
Alam tara kaifa fa'ala rabbuka bi'aad
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad -
إِرَمَ ذَاتِ الْعِمَادِ
Iramaa zaatil 'imaad
[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,
الَّتِي لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِي الْبِلَادِ
Allatee lam yukhlaq misluhaa fil bilaad
The likes of whom had never been created in the land?
وَثَمُودَ الَّذِينَ جَابُوا الصَّخْرَ بِالْوَادِ
Wa samoodal lazeena jaabus sakhra bil waad
And [with] Thamud, who carved out the rocks in the valley?
وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِي الْأَوْتَادِ
Wa fir'awna zil awtaad
And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? -