Chapter 89, 30 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the Dawn
I swear by the daybreak,
وَٱلْفَجْرِ
And ten nights,
And the ten nights,
وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ
And the Even and the Odd,
And the even and the odd,
وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ
And the night when it departeth,
And the night when it departs.
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ
There surely is an oath for thinking man.
Truly in that there is an oath for those who possess understanding.
هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ
Dost thou not consider how thy Lord dealt with (the tribe of) A'ad,
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with Ad,
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
With many - columned Iram,
(The people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings,
إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ
The like of which was not created in the lands;
The like of which were not created in the (other) cities;
ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ
And with (the tribe of) Thamud, who clove the rocks in the valley;
And (with) Samood, who hewed out the rocks in the valley,
وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ
And with Pharaoh, firm of might,
And (with) Firon, the lord of hosts,
وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ
Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands,
Who committed inordinacy in the cities,
ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ
And multiplied iniquity therein ?
So they made great mischief therein?
فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ
Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment.
Therefore your Lord let down upon them a portion of the chastisement.
فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ
Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful.
Most surely your Lord is watching.
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ
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.
فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ
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.
وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَٰنَنِ
Nay, but ye (for your part) honour not the orphan
Nay! but you do not honor the orphan,
كَلَّا بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ
And urge not on the feeding of the poor.
Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor,
وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ
And ye devour heritages with devouring greed.
And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything) indiscriminately,
وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا
And love wealth with abounding love.
And you love wealth with exceeding love.
وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا
Nay, but when the earth is ground to atoms, grinding, grinding,
Nay! when the earth is made to crumble to pieces,
كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا
And thy Lord shall come with angels, rank on rank,
And your Lord comes and (also) the angels in ranks,
وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا
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?
وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ
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!
يَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى
None punisheth as He will punish on that day!
But on that day shall no one chastise with (anything like) His chastisement,
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
None bindeth as He then will bind.
And no one shall bind with (anything like) His binding.
وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
But ah! thou soul at peace!
O soul that art at rest!
يَٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ
Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure!
Return to your Lord, well - pleased (with him), well - pleasing (Him),
ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً
Enter thou among My bondmen!
So enter among My servants,
فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَٰدِى
Enter thou My Garden!
And enter into My garden.
وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى