Chapter 89, 30 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والفجر
By the break of Day
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the dawn;
وليال عشر
By the Nights twice five;
By the ten nights (i.e. the first ten days of the month of Dhul-Hijjah) ,
والشفع والوتر
By the even and odd (contrasted);
And by the even and the odd (of all the creations of Allah).
والليل إذا يسر
And by the Night when it passeth away; -
And by the night when it departs.
هل في ذلك قسم لذي حجر
Is there (not) in these an adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand?
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)!
ألم تر كيف فعل ربك بعاد
Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad (people), -
Saw you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) not how your Lord dealt with 'Ad (people)
إرم ذات العماد
Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,
Of Iram (who were very tall) like (lofty) pillars,
التي لم يخلق مثلها في البلاد
The like of which were not produced in (all) the land?
The like of which were not created in the land?
وثمود الذين جابوا الصخر بالواد
And with the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley? -
And (with) Thamud (people), who hewed out rocks in the valley (to make dwellings)?
وفرعون ذي الأوتاد
And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?
And (with) Fir'aun (Pharaoh) who had the stakes (to torture men by binding them to the stakes)?
الذين طغوا في البلاد
(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,
Who did transgress beyond bounds in the lands (in the disobedience of Allah).
فأكثروا فيها الفساد
And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).
And made therein much mischief.
فصب عليهم ربك سوط عذاب
Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements:
So your Lord poured on them different kinds of severe torment.
إن ربك لبالمرصاد
For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch - tower.
Verily, your Lord is Ever Watchful (over them).
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, when his Lord tries him by giving him honour and bounties, then he says (in exultation): "My Lord has honoured me."
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 when He tries him by straitening his means of life, he says: "My Lord has humiliated me!"
كلا ۖ بل لا تكرمون اليتيم
Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!
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)!
ولا تحاضون على طعام المسكين
Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor! -
And urge not one another on the feeding of Al-Miskin (the poor)!
وتأكلون التراث أكلا لما
And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,
And you devour the inheritance all with greed.
وتحبون المال حبا جما
And ye love wealth with inordinate love!
And you love wealth with much love.
كلا إذا دكت الأرض دكا دكا
Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,
Nay! When the earth is ground to powder.
وجاء ربك والملك صفا صفا
And thy Lord cometh, and His angels, rank upon rank,
And your Lord comes with the angels in rows.
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 will be brought near that Day. On that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance (then) avail him?
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: "Alas! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my life!"
فيومئذ لا يعذب عذابه أحد
For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict,
So on that Day none will punish as He will punish.
ولا يوثق وثاقه أحد
And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.
And none will bind (the wicked, disbelievers and polytheists) as He will bind.
يا أيتها النفس المطمئنة
(To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction!
(It will be said to the pious believers of Islamic Monotheism): "O (you) the one in (complete) rest and satisfaction!
ارجعي إلى ربك راضية مرضية
"Come back thou to thy Lord, - well pleased (thyself), and well - pleasing unto Him!
"Come back to your Lord well-pleased (yourself) and well-pleasing (unto Him)!
فادخلي في عبادي
"Enter thou, then, among My devotees!
"Enter you then among My (honoured) slaves,
وادخلي جنتي
"Yea, enter thou My Heaven!
"And enter you My Paradise!"