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