بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والفجر
I swear by the daybreak,
Chapter 89, 30 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والفجر
I swear by the daybreak,
وليال عشر
And the ten nights,
والشفع والوتر
And the even and the odd,
والليل إذا يسر
And the night when it departs.
هل في ذلك قسم لذي حجر
Truly in that there is an oath for those who possess understanding.
ألم تر كيف فعل ربك بعاد
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with Ad,
إرم ذات العماد
(The people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings,
التي لم يخلق مثلها في البلاد
The like of which were not created in the (other) cities;
وثمود الذين جابوا الصخر بالواد
And (with) Samood, who hewed out the rocks in the valley,
وفرعون ذي الأوتاد
And (with) Firon, the lord of hosts,
الذين طغوا في البلاد
Who committed inordinacy in the cities,
فأكثروا فيها الفساد
So they made great mischief therein?
فصب عليهم ربك سوط عذاب
Therefore your Lord let down upon them a portion of the chastisement.
إن ربك لبالمرصاد
Most surely your Lord is watching.
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.
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.
كلا ۖ بل لا تكرمون اليتيم
Nay! but you do not honor the orphan,
ولا تحاضون على طعام المسكين
Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor,
وتأكلون التراث أكلا لما
And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything) indiscriminately,
وتحبون المال حبا جما
And you love wealth with exceeding love.
كلا إذا دكت الأرض دكا دكا
Nay! when the earth is made to crumble to pieces,
وجاء ربك والملك صفا صفا
And your Lord comes and (also) the angels in ranks,
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?
يقول يا ليتني قدمت لحياتي
He shall say: O! would that I had sent before for (this) my life!
فيومئذ لا يعذب عذابه أحد
But on that day shall no one chastise with (anything like) His chastisement,
ولا يوثق وثاقه أحد
And no one shall bind with (anything like) His binding.
يا أيتها النفس المطمئنة
O soul that art at rest!
ارجعي إلى ربك راضية مرضية
Return to your Lord, well - pleased (with him), well - pleasing (Him),
فادخلي في عبادي
So enter among My servants,
وادخلي جنتي
And enter into My garden.