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