Surah Al-Fajr for Kids

Surah Al-Fajr full text with English translation

Uthmani Arabic text with the Sahih International English translation under each ayah.

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 1

   وَٱلْفَجْرِ

   By the dawn

2. 2

   وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍۢ

   And [by] ten nights

3. 3

   وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ

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

4. 4

   وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ

   And [by] the night when it passes,

5. 5

   هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌۭ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ

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

6. 6

   أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ

   Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with ʿAad -

7. 7

   إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ

   [With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,

8. 8

   ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ

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

9. 9

   وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ

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

10. 10

    وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ

    And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes?

11. 11

    ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ

    [All of] whom oppressed within the lands

12. 12

    فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ

    And increased therein the corruption.

13. 13

    فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ

    So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.

14. 14

    إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ

    Indeed, your Lord is in observation.

15. 15

    فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ

    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."

16. 16

    وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَـٰنَنِ

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

17. 17

    كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ

    No! But you do not honor the orphan

18. 18

    وَلَا تَحَـٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ

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

19. 19

    وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًۭا لَّمًّۭا

    And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,

20. 20

    وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّۭا جَمًّۭا

    And you love wealth with immense love.

21. 21

    كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّۭا دَكًّۭا

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

22. 22

    وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّۭا صَفًّۭا

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

23. 23

    وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ

    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?

24. 24

    يَقُولُ يَـٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى

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

25. 25

    فَيَوْمَئِذٍۢ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌۭ

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

26. 26

    وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌۭ

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

27. 27

    يَـٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ

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

28. 28

    ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةًۭ مَّرْضِيَّةًۭ

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

29. 29

    فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَـٰدِى

    And enter among My [righteous] servants

30. 30

    وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى

    And enter My Paradise."

Surah Al-Fajr word by word

Every word of the surah with its pronunciation and English meaning, in reading order.

How to memorize Surah Al-Fajr

1. Listen: press “Start learning” and listen to Mishary Alafasy recite Surah Al-Fajr three times while following the Arabic text.
2. Practice each ayah: in Practice mode every ayah repeats ×3, ×5 or ×7 with an echo pause, so your child says it back out loud.
3. Learn it in parts: with 30 ayat, split it into 6 parts of 5 ayat and only move on when the current part is solid.
4. Memorize levels: each level hides more words until your child can recite the whole surah from memory.
5. Puzzles: put the words of each ayah back in order to check the memorization, then review it tomorrow before starting the next surah.

Surah Al-Fajr facts

Surah number

89

Ayat

30

Revelation

Makki (Makkah)

Juz

30

In the Mushaf

Pages 593–594

Position in Noor Garden path

27 of 49

Reciter

Mishary Rashid Alafasy

Keep learning

• All surahs of Juz Amma
• Related hadith: Mercy and Respect
• Hadith for kids