Chapter 89, 30 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the Dawn
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والفجر
Waalfajri
And ten nights,
وليال عشر
Walayalin AAashrin
And the Even and the Odd,
والشفع والوتر
WaalshshafAAi waalwatri
And the night when it departeth,
والليل إذا يسر
Waallayli itha yasri
There surely is an oath for thinking man.
هل في ذلك قسم لذي حجر
Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin
Dost thou not consider how thy Lord dealt with (the tribe of) A'ad,
ألم تر كيف فعل ربك بعاد
Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin
With many - columned Iram,
إرم ذات العماد
Irama thati alAAimadi
The like of which was not created in the lands;
التي لم يخلق مثلها في البلاد
Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi
And with (the tribe of) Thamud, who clove the rocks in the valley;
وثمود الذين جابوا الصخر بالواد
Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi
And with Pharaoh, firm of might,
وفرعون ذي الأوتاد
WafirAAawna thee alawtadi
Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands,
الذين طغوا في البلاد
Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi
And multiplied iniquity therein ?
فأكثروا فيها الفساد
Faaktharoo feeha alfasada
Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment.
فصب عليهم ربك سوط عذاب
Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin
Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful.
إن ربك لبالمرصاد
Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi
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
Faamma alinsanu itha ma ibtalahu rabbuhu faakramahu wanaAAAAamahu fayaqoolu rabbee akramani
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
Waamma itha ma ibtalahu faqadara AAalayhi rizqahu fayaqoolu rabbee ahanani
Nay, but ye (for your part) honour not the orphan
كلا ۖ بل لا تكرمون اليتيم
Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema
And urge not on the feeding of the poor.
ولا تحاضون على طعام المسكين
Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni
And ye devour heritages with devouring greed.
وتأكلون التراث أكلا لما
Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman
And love wealth with abounding love.
وتحبون المال حبا جما
Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman
Nay, but when the earth is ground to atoms, grinding, grinding,
كلا إذا دكت الأرض دكا دكا
Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan
And thy Lord shall come with angels, rank on rank,
وجاء ربك والملك صفا صفا
Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan
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
Wajeea yawmaithin bijahannama yawmaithin yatathakkaru alinsanu waanna lahu alththikra
He will say: Ah, would that I had sent before me (some provision) for my life!
يقول يا ليتني قدمت لحياتي
Yaqoolu ya laytanee qaddamtu lihayatee
None punisheth as He will punish on that day!
فيومئذ لا يعذب عذابه أحد
Fayawmaithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu ahadun
None bindeth as He then will bind.
ولا يوثق وثاقه أحد
Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun
But ah! thou soul at peace!
يا أيتها النفس المطمئنة
Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu
Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure!
ارجعي إلى ربك راضية مرضية
IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan
Enter thou among My bondmen!
فادخلي في عبادي
Faodkhulee fee AAibadee
Enter thou My Garden!
وادخلي جنتي
Waodkhulee jannatee