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