Chapter 89, 30 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the Dawn
I swear by the daybreak,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والفجر
By the break of Day
And ten nights,
And the ten nights,
وليال عشر
By the Nights twice five;
And the Even and the Odd,
And the even and the odd,
والشفع والوتر
By the even and odd (contrasted);
And the night when it departeth,
And the night when it departs.
والليل إذا يسر
And by the Night when it passeth away; -
There surely is an oath for thinking man.
Truly in that there is an oath for those who possess understanding.
هل في ذلك قسم لذي حجر
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,
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with Ad,
ألم تر كيف فعل ربك بعاد
Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad (people), -
With many - columned Iram,
(The people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings,
إرم ذات العماد
Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,
The like of which was not created in the lands;
The like of which were not created in the (other) cities;
التي لم يخلق مثلها في البلاد
The like of which were not produced in (all) the land?
And with (the tribe of) Thamud, who clove the rocks in the valley;
And (with) Samood, who hewed out the rocks in the valley,
وثمود الذين جابوا الصخر بالواد
And with the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley? -
And with Pharaoh, firm of might,
And (with) Firon, the lord of hosts,
وفرعون ذي الأوتاد
And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?
Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands,
Who committed inordinacy in the cities,
الذين طغوا في البلاد
(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,
And multiplied iniquity therein ?
So they made great mischief therein?
فأكثروا فيها الفساد
And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).
Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment.
Therefore your Lord let down upon them a portion of the chastisement.
فصب عليهم ربك سوط عذاب
Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements:
Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful.
Most surely your Lord is watching.
إن ربك لبالمرصاد
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.
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.
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."
But whenever He trieth him by straitening his means of life, he saith: My Lord despiseth me.
But when He tries him (differently), then straitens to him his means of subsistence, he says: My Lord has disgraced me.
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!"
Nay, but ye (for your part) honour not the orphan
Nay! but you do not honor the orphan,
كلا ۖ بل لا تكرمون اليتيم
Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!
And urge not on the feeding of the poor.
Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor,
ولا تحاضون على طعام المسكين
Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor! -
And ye devour heritages with devouring greed.
And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything) indiscriminately,
وتأكلون التراث أكلا لما
And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,
And love wealth with abounding love.
And you love wealth with exceeding love.
وتحبون المال حبا جما
And ye love wealth with inordinate love!
Nay, but when the earth is ground to atoms, grinding, grinding,
Nay! when the earth is made to crumble to pieces,
كلا إذا دكت الأرض دكا دكا
Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,
And thy Lord shall come with angels, rank on rank,
And your Lord comes and (also) the angels in ranks,
وجاء ربك والملك صفا صفا
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) ?
And hell is made to appear on that day. On that day shall man be mindful, and what shall being mindful (then) avail him?
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?
He will say: Ah, would that I had sent before me (some provision) for my life!
He shall say: O! would that I had sent before for (this) my life!
يقول يا ليتني قدمت لحياتي
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!
But on that day shall no one chastise with (anything like) His chastisement,
فيومئذ لا يعذب عذابه أحد
For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict,
None bindeth as He then will bind.
And no one shall bind with (anything like) His binding.
ولا يوثق وثاقه أحد
And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.
But ah! thou soul at peace!
O soul that art at rest!
يا أيتها النفس المطمئنة
(To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction!
Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure!
Return to your Lord, well - pleased (with him), well - pleasing (Him),
ارجعي إلى ربك راضية مرضية
"Come back thou to thy Lord, - well pleased (thyself), and well - pleasing unto Him!
Enter thou among My bondmen!
So enter among My servants,
فادخلي في عبادي
"Enter thou, then, among My devotees!
Enter thou My Garden!
And enter into My garden.
وادخلي جنتي
"Yea, enter thou My Heaven!