89. Fexhr · verses 1–8

وَٱلۡفَجۡرِ

Waalfajri

By the break of Day

وَلَيَالٍ عَشۡرٖ

Walayalin AAashrin

By the Nights twice five;

وَٱلشَّفۡعِ وَٱلۡوَتۡرِ

WaalshshafAAi waalwatri

By the even and odd (contrasted);

وَٱلَّيۡلِ إِذَا يَسۡرِ

Waallayli itha yasri

And by the Night when it passeth away;-

هَلۡ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٞ لِّذِي حِجۡرٍ

Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin

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

أَلَمۡ تَرَ كَيۡفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ

Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin

Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the ´Ad (people),-

إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلۡعِمَادِ

Irama thati alAAimadi

Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,

ٱلَّتِي لَمۡ يُخۡلَقۡ مِثۡلُهَا فِي ٱلۡبِلَٰدِ

Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi

The like of which were not produced in (all) the land?