Chapter 89, 30 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والفجر
By the dawn
By the break of Day
وَٱلْفَجْرِ
وليال عشر
And [by] ten nights
By the Nights twice five;
وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ
والشفع والوتر
And [by] the even [number] and the odd
By the even and odd (contrasted);
وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ
والليل إذا يسر
And [by] the night when it passes,
And by the Night when it passeth away; -
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ
هل في ذلك قسم لذي حجر
Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?
Is there (not) in these an adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand?
هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ
ألم تر كيف فعل ربك بعاد
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad -
Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad (people), -
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
إرم ذات العماد
[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,
Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,
إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ
التي لم يخلق مثلها في البلاد
The likes of whom had never been created in the land?
The like of which were not produced in (all) the land?
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 Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley? -
وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ
وفرعون ذي الأوتاد
And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? -
And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?
وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ
الذين طغوا في البلاد
[All of] whom oppressed within the lands
(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,
ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ
فأكثروا فيها الفساد
And increased therein the corruption.
And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).
فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ
فصب عليهم ربك سوط عذاب
So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.
Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements:
فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ
إن ربك لبالمرصاد
Indeed, your Lord is in observation.
For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch - tower.
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."
Now, as for man, when his Lord trieth him, giving him honour and gifts, then saith he, (puffed up), "My Lord hath honoured 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 when He trieth him, restricting his subsistence for him, then saith he (in despair), "My Lord hath humiliated 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, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!
كَلَّا بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ
ولا تحاضون على طعام المسكين
And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.
Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor! -
وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ
وتأكلون التراث أكلا لما
And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,
And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,
وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا
وتحبون المال حبا جما
And you love wealth with immense love.
And ye love wealth with inordinate love!
وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا
كلا إذا دكت الأرض دكا دكا
No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed -
Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,
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 cometh, and His angels, rank upon 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, that Day, is brought (face to face), - on that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance profit 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 forth (good deeds) for (this) my (Future) Life!"
يَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى
فيومئذ لا يعذب عذابه أحد
So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment,
For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict,
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
ولا يوثق وثاقه أحد
And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers].
And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.
وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
يا أيتها النفس المطمئنة
[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,
(To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction!
يَٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ
ارجعي إلى ربك راضية مرضية
Return to your Lord, well - pleased and pleasing [to Him],
"Come back thou to thy Lord, - well pleased (thyself), and well - pleasing unto Him!
ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً
فادخلي في عبادي
And enter among My [righteous] servants
"Enter thou, then, among My devotees!
فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَٰدِى
وادخلي جنتي
And enter My Paradise."
"Yea, enter thou My Heaven!
وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى