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 break of Day
And ten nights,
وليال عشر
And the ten nights,
By the Nights twice five;
And the Even and the Odd,
والشفع والوتر
And the even and the odd,
By the even and odd (contrasted);
And the night when it departeth,
والليل إذا يسر
And the night when it departs.
And by the Night when it passeth away; -
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 these an adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand?
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,
Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad (people), -
With many - columned Iram,
إرم ذات العماد
(The people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings,
Of the (city of) Iram, with 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 like of which were not produced in (all) 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 the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley? -
And with Pharaoh, firm of might,
وفرعون ذي الأوتاد
And (with) Firon, the lord of hosts,
And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?
Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands,
الذين طغوا في البلاد
Who committed inordinacy in the cities,
(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,
And multiplied iniquity therein ?
فأكثروا فيها الفساد
So they made great mischief therein?
And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).
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.
Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements:
Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful.
إن ربك لبالمرصاد
Most surely your Lord is watching.
For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch - tower.
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.
Now, as for man, when his Lord trieth him, giving him honour and gifts, then saith he, (puffed up), "My Lord hath honoured 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 trieth him, restricting his subsistence for him, then saith he (in despair), "My Lord hath 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,
Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!
And urge not on the feeding of the poor.
ولا تحاضون على طعام المسكين
Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor,
Nor do ye 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 ye devour inheritance - all with greed,
And love wealth with abounding love.
وتحبون المال حبا جما
And you love wealth with exceeding love.
And ye love wealth with inordinate 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,
Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,
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 thy Lord cometh, and His 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 Hell, that Day, is brought (face to face), - on that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance profit him?
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: "Ah! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my (Future) 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,
For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict,
None bindeth as He then will bind.
ولا يوثق وثاقه أحد
And no one shall bind with (anything like) His binding.
And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.
But ah! thou soul at peace!
يا أيتها النفس المطمئنة
O soul that art at rest!
(To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction!
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),
"Come back thou to thy Lord, - well pleased (thyself), and well - pleasing unto Him!
Enter thou among My bondmen!
فادخلي في عبادي
So enter among My servants,
"Enter thou, then, among My devotees!
Enter thou My Garden!
وادخلي جنتي
And enter into My garden.
"Yea, enter thou My Heaven!