بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

бисмиль-лəhир-рōhмəəнир-рōhиим

In the Name of Allah, the All-beneficent, the All-merciful.

وَٱلْفَجْرِ

вəəльфəджр

By the Dawn,

وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ

вəлəйəəлин 'əшр

by the ten nights,

وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ

вəш-шəф'и вəəльвəтр

by the Even and the Odd,

وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ

вəль-лэйли из̃əə йəср

by the night when it departs!

هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ

həль фии з̃əəликə ќōсəмул-лиз̃ии hиджр

Is there an oath in that for one possessing intellect?

أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ

əлəм тəрō кəйфə фə'əлə рōббукə би'əəд

Have you not regarded how your Lord dealt with [the people of] ‘Ad,

إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ

ирōмə з̃əəтиль-'имəəд

[and] Iram, [the city] of the pillars,

ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ

əльлəтии лəм йухлəќ миc̃люhəə фииль-билəəд

the like of which was not created among cities,

وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُواْ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ

вəc̃əмуудəль-лəз̃иинə джəəбуус-сōхрō би-ль-вəəд

and [the people of] Thamud, who hollowed out the rocks in the valley,

وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ

вəфир'əунə з̃ииль-əутəəд

and Pharaoh, the impaler