Chapter 89, 30 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والفجر
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the dawn;
I swear by the daybreak,
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the Dawn
وليال عشر
By the ten nights (i.e. the first ten days of the month of Dhul-Hijjah) ,
And the ten nights,
And ten nights,
والشفع والوتر
And by the even and the odd (of all the creations of Allah).
And the even and the odd,
And the Even and the Odd,
والليل إذا يسر
And by the night when it departs.
And the night when it departs.
And the night when it departeth,
هل في ذلك قسم لذي حجر
There is indeed in them (the above oaths) sufficient proofs for men of understanding (and that, they should avoid all kinds of sins and disbeliefs)!
Truly in that there is an oath for those who possess understanding.
There surely is an oath for thinking man.
ألم تر كيف فعل ربك بعاد
Saw you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) not how your Lord dealt with 'Ad (people)
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with Ad,
Dost thou not consider how thy Lord dealt with (the tribe of) A'ad,
إرم ذات العماد
Of Iram (who were very tall) like (lofty) pillars,
(The people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings,
With many - columned Iram,
التي لم يخلق مثلها في البلاد
The like of which were not created in the land?
The like of which were not created in the (other) cities;
The like of which was not created in the lands;
وثمود الذين جابوا الصخر بالواد
And (with) Thamud (people), who hewed out rocks in the valley (to make dwellings)?
And (with) Samood, who hewed out the rocks in the valley,
And with (the tribe of) Thamud, who clove the rocks in the valley;
وفرعون ذي الأوتاد
And (with) Fir'aun (Pharaoh) who had the stakes (to torture men by binding them to the stakes)?
And (with) Firon, the lord of hosts,
And with Pharaoh, firm of might,
الذين طغوا في البلاد
Who did transgress beyond bounds in the lands (in the disobedience of Allah).
Who committed inordinacy in the cities,
Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands,
فأكثروا فيها الفساد
And made therein much mischief.
So they made great mischief therein?
And multiplied iniquity therein ?
فصب عليهم ربك سوط عذاب
So your Lord poured on them different kinds of severe torment.
Therefore your Lord let down upon them a portion of the chastisement.
Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment.
إن ربك لبالمرصاد
Verily, your Lord is Ever Watchful (over them).
Most surely your Lord is watching.
Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful.
فأما الإنسان إذا ما ابتلاه ربه فأكرمه ونعمه فيقول ربي أكرمن
As for man, when his Lord tries him by giving him honour and bounties, then he says (in exultation): "My Lord has honoured 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.
As for man, whenever his Lord trieth him by honouring him, and is gracious unto him, he saith: My Lord honoureth me.
وأما إذا ما ابتلاه فقدر عليه رزقه فيقول ربي أهانن
But when He tries him by straitening his means of life, 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.
But whenever He trieth him by straitening his means of life, he saith: My Lord despiseth me.
كلا ۖ بل لا تكرمون اليتيم
Nay! But you treat not the orphans with kindness and generosity (i.e. you neither treat them well, nor give them their exact right of inheritance)!
Nay! but you do not honor the orphan,
Nay, but ye (for your part) honour not the orphan
ولا تحاضون على طعام المسكين
And urge not one another on the feeding of Al-Miskin (the poor)!
Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor,
And urge not on the feeding of the poor.
وتأكلون التراث أكلا لما
And you devour the inheritance all with greed.
And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything) indiscriminately,
And ye devour heritages with devouring greed.
وتحبون المال حبا جما
And you love wealth with much love.
And you love wealth with exceeding love.
And love wealth with abounding love.
كلا إذا دكت الأرض دكا دكا
Nay! When the earth is ground to powder.
Nay! when the earth is made to crumble to pieces,
Nay, but when the earth is ground to atoms, grinding, grinding,
وجاء ربك والملك صفا صفا
And your Lord comes with the angels in rows.
And your Lord comes and (also) the angels in ranks,
And thy Lord shall come with angels, rank on rank,
وجيء يومئذ بجهنم ۚ يومئذ يتذكر الإنسان وأنى له الذكرى
And Hell will be brought near that Day. On that Day will man remember, but how will that 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 hell is brought near that day; on that day man will remember, but how will the remembrance (then avail him) ?
يقول يا ليتني قدمت لحياتي
He will say: "Alas! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my life!"
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!
فيومئذ لا يعذب عذابه أحد
So on that Day none will punish as He will punish.
But on that day shall no one chastise with (anything like) His chastisement,
None punisheth as He will punish on that day!
ولا يوثق وثاقه أحد
And none will bind (the wicked, disbelievers and polytheists) as He will bind.
And no one shall bind with (anything like) His binding.
None bindeth as He then will bind.
يا أيتها النفس المطمئنة
(It will be said to the pious believers of Islamic Monotheism): "O (you) the one in (complete) rest and satisfaction!
O soul that art at rest!
But ah! thou soul at peace!
ارجعي إلى ربك راضية مرضية
"Come back to your Lord well-pleased (yourself) and well-pleasing (unto Him)!
Return to your Lord, well - pleased (with him), well - pleasing (Him),
Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure!
فادخلي في عبادي
"Enter you then among My (honoured) slaves,
So enter among My servants,
Enter thou among My bondmen!
وادخلي جنتي
"And enter you My Paradise!"
And enter into My garden.
Enter thou My Garden!