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