Chapter 89, 30 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والفجر
By the dawn
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the Dawn
وَٱلْفَجْرِ
وليال عشر
And [by] ten nights
And ten nights,
وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ
والشفع والوتر
And [by] the even [number] and the odd
And the Even and the Odd,
وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ
والليل إذا يسر
And [by] the night when it passes,
And the night when it departeth,
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ
هل في ذلك قسم لذي حجر
Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?
There surely is an oath for thinking man.
هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ
ألم تر كيف فعل ربك بعاد
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad -
Dost thou not consider how thy Lord dealt with (the tribe of) A'ad,
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
إرم ذات العماد
[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,
With many - columned Iram,
إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ
التي لم يخلق مثلها في البلاد
The likes of whom had never been created in the land?
The like of which was not created in the lands;
ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ
وثمود الذين جابوا الصخر بالواد
And [with] Thamud, who carved out the rocks in the valley?
And with (the tribe of) Thamud, who clove the rocks in the valley;
وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ
وفرعون ذي الأوتاد
And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? -
And with Pharaoh, firm of might,
وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ
الذين طغوا في البلاد
[All of] whom oppressed within the lands
Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands,
ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ
فأكثروا فيها الفساد
And increased therein the corruption.
And multiplied iniquity therein ?
فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ
فصب عليهم ربك سوط عذاب
So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.
Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment.
فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ
إن ربك لبالمرصاد
Indeed, your Lord is in observation.
Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful.
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ
فأما الإنسان إذا ما ابتلاه ربه فأكرمه ونعمه فيقول ربي أكرمن
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."
As for man, whenever his Lord trieth him by honouring him, and is gracious unto him, he saith: My Lord honoureth me.
فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ
وأما إذا ما ابتلاه فقدر عليه رزقه فيقول ربي أهانن
But when He tries him and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated me."
But whenever He trieth him by straitening his means of life, he saith: My Lord despiseth me.
وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَٰنَنِ
كلا ۖ بل لا تكرمون اليتيم
No! But you do not honor the orphan
Nay, but ye (for your part) honour not the orphan
كَلَّا بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ
ولا تحاضون على طعام المسكين
And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.
And urge not on the feeding of the poor.
وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ
وتأكلون التراث أكلا لما
And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,
And ye devour heritages with devouring greed.
وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا
وتحبون المال حبا جما
And you love wealth with immense love.
And love wealth with abounding love.
وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا
كلا إذا دكت الأرض دكا دكا
No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed -
Nay, but when the earth is ground to atoms, grinding, grinding,
كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا
وجاء ربك والملك صفا صفا
And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon rank,
And thy Lord shall come with angels, rank on rank,
وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا
وجيء يومئذ بجهنم ۚ يومئذ يتذكر الإنسان وأنى له الذكرى
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 brought near that day; on that day man will remember, but how will the remembrance (then avail him) ?
وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ
يقول يا ليتني قدمت لحياتي
He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."
He will say: Ah, would that I had sent before me (some provision) for my life!
يَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى
فيومئذ لا يعذب عذابه أحد
So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment,
None punisheth as He will punish on that day!
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
ولا يوثق وثاقه أحد
And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers].
None bindeth as He then will bind.
وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
يا أيتها النفس المطمئنة
[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,
But ah! thou soul at peace!
يَٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ
ارجعي إلى ربك راضية مرضية
Return to your Lord, well - pleased and pleasing [to Him],
Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure!
ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً
فادخلي في عبادي
And enter among My [righteous] servants
Enter thou among My bondmen!
فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَٰدِى
وادخلي جنتي
And enter My Paradise."
Enter thou My Garden!
وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى