A1noun
فَجْرٌ
fajr
dawn / daybreak
Example
وَالْفَجْرِ وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ
wal-fajri wa-layālin ʿashr
By the dawn and the ten nights (89:1-2)
Grammar
Masculine noun. Surah al-Fajr (89) is named after it. Also refers to the Fajr prayer time. Related: اِنْفَجَرَ (to burst forth).
Culture
The Fajr prayer is the first of the five daily prayers. The Quran uses dawn as a symbol of hope and new beginnings.