بِسمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحمـٰنِ الرَّحيمِ وَالفَجرِ

By the dawn

وَلَيالٍ عَشرٍ

And [by] ten nights

وَالشَّفعِ وَالوَترِ

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

هَل في ذٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِذي حِجرٍ

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

أَلَم تَرَ كَيفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعادٍ

Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad -

إِرَمَ ذاتِ العِمادِ

[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,

الَّتي لَم يُخلَق مِثلُها فِي البِلادِ

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

وَثَمودَ الَّذينَ جابُوا الصَّخرَ بِالوادِ

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