Chapter 89, 30 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the Dawn
Waalfajri
I swear by the daybreak,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والفجر
And ten nights,
Walayalin AAashrin
And the ten nights,
وليال عشر
And the Even and the Odd,
WaalshshafAAi waalwatri
And the even and the odd,
والشفع والوتر
And the night when it departeth,
Waallayli itha yasri
And the night when it departs.
والليل إذا يسر
There surely is an oath for thinking man.
Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin
Truly in that there is an oath for those who possess understanding.
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
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with Ad,
ألم تر كيف فعل ربك بعاد
With many - columned Iram,
Irama thati alAAimadi
(The people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings,
إرم ذات العماد
The like of which was not created in the lands;
Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi
The like of which were not created in the (other) cities;
التي لم يخلق مثلها في البلاد
And with (the tribe of) Thamud, who clove the rocks in the valley;
Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi
And (with) Samood, who hewed out the rocks in the valley,
وثمود الذين جابوا الصخر بالواد
And with Pharaoh, firm of might,
WafirAAawna thee alawtadi
And (with) Firon, the lord of hosts,
وفرعون ذي الأوتاد
Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands,
Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi
Who committed inordinacy in the cities,
الذين طغوا في البلاد
And multiplied iniquity therein ?
Faaktharoo feeha alfasada
So they made great mischief therein?
فأكثروا فيها الفساد
Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment.
Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin
Therefore your Lord let down upon them a portion of the chastisement.
فصب عليهم ربك سوط عذاب
Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful.
Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi
Most surely your Lord is watching.
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
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
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
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
Nay, but ye (for your part) honour not the orphan
Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema
Nay! but you do not honor the orphan,
كلا ۖ بل لا تكرمون اليتيم
And urge not on the feeding of the poor.
Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni
Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor,
ولا تحاضون على طعام المسكين
And ye devour heritages with devouring greed.
Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman
And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything) indiscriminately,
وتأكلون التراث أكلا لما
And love wealth with abounding love.
Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman
And you love wealth with exceeding love.
وتحبون المال حبا جما
Nay, but when the earth is ground to atoms, grinding, grinding,
Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan
Nay! when the earth is made to crumble to pieces,
كلا إذا دكت الأرض دكا دكا
And thy Lord shall come with angels, rank on rank,
Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan
And your Lord comes and (also) the angels in ranks,
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
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
He will say: Ah, would that I had sent before me (some provision) for my life!
Yaqoolu ya laytanee qaddamtu lihayatee
He shall say: O! would that I had sent before for (this) my life!
يقول يا ليتني قدمت لحياتي
None punisheth as He will punish on that day!
Fayawmaithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu ahadun
But on that day shall no one chastise with (anything like) His chastisement,
فيومئذ لا يعذب عذابه أحد
None bindeth as He then will bind.
Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun
And no one shall bind with (anything like) His binding.
ولا يوثق وثاقه أحد
But ah! thou soul at peace!
Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu
O soul that art at rest!
يا أيتها النفس المطمئنة
Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure!
IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan
Return to your Lord, well - pleased (with him), well - pleasing (Him),
ارجعي إلى ربك راضية مرضية
Enter thou among My bondmen!
Faodkhulee fee AAibadee
So enter among My servants,
فادخلي في عبادي
Enter thou My Garden!
Waodkhulee jannatee
And enter into My garden.
وادخلي جنتي