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,
And ten nights,
وليال عشر
And the ten nights,
And the Even and the Odd,
والشفع والوتر
And the even and the odd,
And the night when it departeth,
والليل إذا يسر
And the night when it departs.
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.
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,
With many - columned Iram,
إرم ذات العماد
(The people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings,
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;
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 Pharaoh, firm of might,
وفرعون ذي الأوتاد
And (with) Firon, the lord of hosts,
Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands,
الذين طغوا في البلاد
Who committed inordinacy in the cities,
And multiplied iniquity therein ?
فأكثروا فيها الفساد
So they made great mischief therein?
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.
Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful.
إن ربك لبالمرصاد
Most surely your Lord is watching.
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.
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.
Nay, but ye (for your part) honour not the orphan
كلا ۖ بل لا تكرمون اليتيم
Nay! 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 ye devour heritages with devouring greed.
وتأكلون التراث أكلا لما
And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything) indiscriminately,
And love wealth with abounding love.
وتحبون المال حبا جما
And you love wealth with exceeding 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,
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 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?
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!
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,
None bindeth as He then will bind.
ولا يوثق وثاقه أحد
And no one shall bind with (anything like) His binding.
But ah! thou soul at peace!
يا أيتها النفس المطمئنة
O soul that art at rest!
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),
Enter thou among My bondmen!
فادخلي في عبادي
So enter among My servants,
Enter thou My Garden!
وادخلي جنتي
And enter into My garden.