Chapter 89, 30 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والفجر
By the break of Day
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the Dawn
وَٱلْفَجْرِ
وليال عشر
By the Nights twice five;
And ten nights,
وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ
والشفع والوتر
By the even and odd (contrasted);
And the Even and the Odd,
وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ
والليل إذا يسر
And by the Night when it passeth away; -
And the night when it departeth,
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ
هل في ذلك قسم لذي حجر
Is there (not) in these an adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand?
There surely is an oath for thinking man.
هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ
ألم تر كيف فعل ربك بعاد
Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad (people), -
Dost thou not consider how thy Lord dealt with (the tribe of) A'ad,
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
إرم ذات العماد
Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,
With many - columned Iram,
إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ
التي لم يخلق مثلها في البلاد
The like of which were not produced in (all) 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 the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) 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, lord of stakes?
And with Pharaoh, firm of might,
وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ
الذين طغوا في البلاد
(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,
Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands,
ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ
فأكثروا فيها الفساد
And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).
And multiplied iniquity therein ?
فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ
فصب عليهم ربك سوط عذاب
Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements:
Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment.
فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ
إن ربك لبالمرصاد
For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch - tower.
Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful.
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ
فأما الإنسان إذا ما ابتلاه ربه فأكرمه ونعمه فيقول ربي أكرمن
Now, as for man, when his Lord trieth him, giving him honour and gifts, then saith he, (puffed up), "My Lord hath honoured 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 trieth him, restricting his subsistence for him, then saith he (in despair), "My Lord hath 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
Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!
Nay, but ye (for your part) honour not the orphan
كَلَّا بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ
ولا تحاضون على طعام المسكين
Nor do ye 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 ye devour inheritance - all with greed,
And ye devour heritages with devouring greed.
وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا
وتحبون المال حبا جما
And ye love wealth with inordinate love!
And love wealth with abounding love.
وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا
كلا إذا دكت الأرض دكا دكا
Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,
Nay, but when the earth is ground to atoms, grinding, grinding,
كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا
وجاء ربك والملك صفا صفا
And thy Lord cometh, and His 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 Hell, that Day, is brought (face to face), - on that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance profit him?
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: "Ah! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my (Future) 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
For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict,
None punisheth as He will punish on that day!
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
ولا يوثق وثاقه أحد
And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.
None bindeth as He then will bind.
وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
يا أيتها النفس المطمئنة
(To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction!
But ah! thou soul at peace!
يَٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ
ارجعي إلى ربك راضية مرضية
"Come back thou to thy Lord, - well pleased (thyself), and well - pleasing unto Him!
Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure!
ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً
فادخلي في عبادي
"Enter thou, then, among My devotees!
Enter thou among My bondmen!
فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَٰدِى
وادخلي جنتي
"Yea, enter thou My Heaven!
Enter thou My Garden!
وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى