وَالْفَجْرِ ١

By the dawn;

وَالْفَجْرِ

By the name of Allah

the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

and by the dawn

وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ ٢

By the ten nights (i.e. the first ten days of the month of Dhul-Hijjah).

وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ

By the ten nights

وَالشَّفْعِ وَالْوَتْرِ ٣

And by the even and the odd (of all the creations of Allah).

وَالشَّفْعِ

And by the even

وَالْوَتْرِ

and the odd (of all the creations of Allah)

وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ ٤

And by the night when it departs.

وَاللَّيْلِ

And by the night

إِذَا يَسْرِ

when it departs

هَلْ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِي حِجْرٍ ٥

There is indeed in them (the above oaths) sufficient proofs for men of understanding (and that, they should avoid all kinds of sins and disbeliefs, etc.)!

هَلْ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ

There is indeed in them (the above oaths)

لِّذِي حِجْرٍ

sufficient proofs for men of understanding

and that,

they should avoid

all kinds of

sins and disbeliefs, etc.

أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ ٦

Did you (O Muhammad (Peace be upon him)) not see (thought) how your Lord dealt with 'Ad (people)?

أَلَمْ تَرَ

Did you not see

كَيْفَ فَعَلَ

how (your Lord) dealt

رَبُّكَ

with your Lord

بِعَادٍ

with 'Ad (people)?

إِرَمَ ذَاتِ الْعِمَادِ ٧

Who were very tall like lofty pillars,

إِرَمَ

Who were

ذَاتِ الْعِمَادِ

very tall like lofty pillars

الَّتِي لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِي الْبِلَادِ ٨

The like of which were not created in the land?

الَّتِي

The like of which

لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا

were not created like it

فِي الْبِلَادِ

in the land

وَثَمُودَ الَّذِينَ جَابُوا الصَّخْرَ بِالْوَادِ ٩

And (with) Thamud (people), who cut (hewed) out rocks in the valley (to make dwellings)?

وَثَمُودَ

And (with) Thamud (people)

الَّذِينَ

who

جَابُوا الصَّخْرَ

cut (hewed) out rocks

بِالْوَادِ

in the valley (to make dwellings)

وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِي الْأَوْتَادِ ١٠

And (with) Fir'aun (Pharaoh), who had pegs (who used to torture men by binding them to pegs)?

وَفِرْعَوْنَ

And (with) Fir'aun (Pharaoh)

ذِي الْأَوْتَادِ

who had pegs (who used to torture men by binding them to pegs)

الَّذِينَ طَغَوْا فِي الْبِلَادِ ١١

Who did transgress beyond bounds in the lands (in the disobedience of Allah).

الَّذِينَ

Who

طَغَوْا

did transgress

فِي الْبِلَادِ

in the lands

did transgress in the lands

(in the disobedience of Allah)

فَأَكْثَرُوا فِيهَا الْفَسَادَ ١٢

And made therein much mischief.

فَأَكْثَرُوا

And made much

فِيهَا

in it

الْفَسَادَ

mischief

فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ ١٣

So your Lord poured on them different kinds of severe torment.

فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ

So poured on them

رَبُّكَ

your Lord

سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ

different kinds of severe torment

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِالْمِرْصَادِ ١٤

Verily, your Lord is Ever Watchful (over them).

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ

Verily, your Lord

لَبِالْمِرْصَادِ

is Ever Watchful (over them)