Chapter 89, 30 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the Dawn
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والفجر
I swear by the daybreak,
By the dawn
And ten nights,
وليال عشر
And the ten nights,
And [by] ten nights
And the Even and the Odd,
والشفع والوتر
And the even and the odd,
And [by] the even [number] and the odd
And the night when it departeth,
والليل إذا يسر
And the night when it departs.
And [by] the night when it passes,
There surely is an oath for thinking man.
هل في ذلك قسم لذي حجر
Truly in that there is an oath for those who possess understanding.
Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?
Dost thou not consider how thy Lord dealt with (the tribe of) A'ad,
ألم تر كيف فعل ربك بعاد
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with Ad,
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad -
With many - columned Iram,
إرم ذات العماد
(The people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings,
[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,
The like of which was not created in the lands;
التي لم يخلق مثلها في البلاد
The like of which were not created in the (other) cities;
The likes of whom had never been created in the land?
And with (the tribe of) Thamud, who clove the rocks in the valley;
وثمود الذين جابوا الصخر بالواد
And (with) Samood, who hewed out the rocks in the valley,
And [with] Thamud, who carved out the rocks in the valley?
And with Pharaoh, firm of might,
وفرعون ذي الأوتاد
And (with) Firon, the lord of hosts,
And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? -
Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands,
الذين طغوا في البلاد
Who committed inordinacy in the cities,
[All of] whom oppressed within the lands
And multiplied iniquity therein ?
فأكثروا فيها الفساد
So they made great mischief therein?
And increased therein the corruption.
Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment.
فصب عليهم ربك سوط عذاب
Therefore your Lord let down upon them a portion of the chastisement.
So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.
Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful.
إن ربك لبالمرصاد
Most surely your Lord is watching.
Indeed, your Lord is in observation.
As for man, whenever his Lord trieth him by honouring him, and is gracious unto him, he saith: My Lord honoureth me.
فأما الإنسان إذا ما ابتلاه ربه فأكرمه ونعمه فيقول ربي أكرمن
And as for man, when his Lord tries him, then treats him with honor and makes him lead an easy life, he says: My Lord honors 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."
But whenever He trieth him by straitening his means of life, he saith: My Lord despiseth me.
وأما إذا ما ابتلاه فقدر عليه رزقه فيقول ربي أهانن
But when He tries him (differently), then straitens to him his means of subsistence, he says: My Lord has disgraced me.
But when He tries him and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated me."
Nay, but ye (for your part) honour not the orphan
كلا ۖ بل لا تكرمون اليتيم
Nay! but you do not honor the orphan,
No! But you do not honor the orphan
And urge not on the feeding of the poor.
ولا تحاضون على طعام المسكين
Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor,
And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.
And ye devour heritages with devouring greed.
وتأكلون التراث أكلا لما
And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything) indiscriminately,
And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,
And love wealth with abounding love.
وتحبون المال حبا جما
And you love wealth with exceeding love.
And you love wealth with immense love.
Nay, but when the earth is ground to atoms, grinding, grinding,
كلا إذا دكت الأرض دكا دكا
Nay! when the earth is made to crumble to pieces,
No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed -
And thy Lord shall come with angels, rank on rank,
وجاء ربك والملك صفا صفا
And your Lord comes and (also) the angels in ranks,
And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon rank,
And hell is brought near that day; on that day man will remember, but how will the remembrance (then avail him) ?
وجيء يومئذ بجهنم ۚ يومئذ يتذكر الإنسان وأنى له الذكرى
And hell is made to appear on that day. On that day shall man be mindful, and what shall being mindful (then) avail him?
And brought [within view], that Day, is Hell - that Day, man will remember, but what good to him will be the remembrance?
He will say: Ah, would that I had sent before me (some provision) for my life!
يقول يا ليتني قدمت لحياتي
He shall say: O! would that I had sent before for (this) my life!
He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."
None punisheth as He will punish on that day!
فيومئذ لا يعذب عذابه أحد
But on that day shall no one chastise with (anything like) His chastisement,
So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment,
None bindeth as He then will bind.
ولا يوثق وثاقه أحد
And no one shall bind with (anything like) His binding.
And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers].
But ah! thou soul at peace!
يا أيتها النفس المطمئنة
O soul that art at rest!
[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,
Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure!
ارجعي إلى ربك راضية مرضية
Return to your Lord, well - pleased (with him), well - pleasing (Him),
Return to your Lord, well - pleased and pleasing [to Him],
Enter thou among My bondmen!
فادخلي في عبادي
So enter among My servants,
And enter among My [righteous] servants
Enter thou My Garden!
وادخلي جنتي
And enter into My garden.
And enter My Paradise."