Chapter 89, 30 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والفجر
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the Dawn
I swear by the daybreak,
By the dawn
وليال عشر
And ten nights,
And the ten nights,
And [by] ten nights
والشفع والوتر
And the Even and the Odd,
And the even and the odd,
And [by] the even [number] and the odd
والليل إذا يسر
And the night when it departeth,
And the night when it departs.
And [by] the night when it passes,
هل في ذلك قسم لذي حجر
There surely is an oath for thinking man.
Truly in that there is an oath for those who possess understanding.
Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?
ألم تر كيف فعل ربك بعاد
Dost thou not consider how thy Lord dealt with (the tribe of) A'ad,
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with Ad,
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad -
إرم ذات العماد
With many - columned Iram,
(The people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings,
[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,
التي لم يخلق مثلها في البلاد
The like of which was not created in the lands;
The like of which were not created in the (other) cities;
The likes of whom had never been created in the land?
وثمود الذين جابوا الصخر بالواد
And with (the tribe of) Thamud, who clove the rocks in the valley;
And (with) Samood, who hewed out the rocks in the valley,
And [with] Thamud, who carved out the rocks in the valley?
وفرعون ذي الأوتاد
And with Pharaoh, firm of might,
And (with) Firon, the lord of hosts,
And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? -
الذين طغوا في البلاد
Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands,
Who committed inordinacy in the cities,
[All of] whom oppressed within the lands
فأكثروا فيها الفساد
And multiplied iniquity therein ?
So they made great mischief therein?
And increased therein the corruption.
فصب عليهم ربك سوط عذاب
Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment.
Therefore your Lord let down upon them a portion of the chastisement.
So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.
إن ربك لبالمرصاد
Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful.
Most surely your Lord is watching.
Indeed, your Lord is in observation.
فأما الإنسان إذا ما ابتلاه ربه فأكرمه ونعمه فيقول ربي أكرمن
As for man, whenever his Lord trieth him by honouring him, and is gracious unto him, he saith: My Lord honoureth me.
And as for man, when his Lord tries him, then treats him with honor and makes him lead an easy life, he says: My Lord honors me.
And as for man, when his Lord tries him and [thus] is generous to him and favors him, he says, "My Lord has honored me."
وأما إذا ما ابتلاه فقدر عليه رزقه فيقول ربي أهانن
But whenever He trieth him by straitening his means of life, he saith: My Lord despiseth me.
But when He tries him (differently), then straitens to him his means of subsistence, he says: My Lord has disgraced me.
But when He tries him and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated me."
كلا ۖ بل لا تكرمون اليتيم
Nay, but ye (for your part) honour not the orphan
Nay! but you do not honor the orphan,
No! But you do not honor the orphan
ولا تحاضون على طعام المسكين
And urge not on the feeding of the poor.
Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor,
And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.
وتأكلون التراث أكلا لما
And ye devour heritages with devouring greed.
And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything) indiscriminately,
And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,
وتحبون المال حبا جما
And love wealth with abounding love.
And you love wealth with exceeding love.
And you love wealth with immense love.
كلا إذا دكت الأرض دكا دكا
Nay, but when the earth is ground to atoms, grinding, grinding,
Nay! when the earth is made to crumble to pieces,
No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed -
وجاء ربك والملك صفا صفا
And thy Lord shall come with angels, rank on rank,
And your Lord comes and (also) the angels in ranks,
And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon rank,
وجيء يومئذ بجهنم ۚ يومئذ يتذكر الإنسان وأنى له الذكرى
And hell is brought near that day; on that day man will remember, but how will the remembrance (then avail him) ?
And hell is made to appear on that day. On that day shall man be mindful, and what shall being mindful (then) avail him?
And brought [within view], that Day, is Hell - that Day, man will remember, but what good to him will be the remembrance?
يقول يا ليتني قدمت لحياتي
He will say: Ah, would that I had sent before me (some provision) for my life!
He shall say: O! would that I had sent before for (this) my life!
He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."
فيومئذ لا يعذب عذابه أحد
None punisheth as He will punish on that day!
But on that day shall no one chastise with (anything like) His chastisement,
So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment,
ولا يوثق وثاقه أحد
None bindeth as He then will bind.
And no one shall bind with (anything like) His binding.
And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers].
يا أيتها النفس المطمئنة
But ah! thou soul at peace!
O soul that art at rest!
[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,
ارجعي إلى ربك راضية مرضية
Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure!
Return to your Lord, well - pleased (with him), well - pleasing (Him),
Return to your Lord, well - pleased and pleasing [to Him],
فادخلي في عبادي
Enter thou among My bondmen!
So enter among My servants,
And enter among My [righteous] servants
وادخلي جنتي
Enter thou My Garden!
And enter into My garden.
And enter My Paradise."