Chapter 89, 30 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the Dawn
Waalfajri
By the break of Day
And ten nights,
Walayalin AAashrin
By the Nights twice five;
And the Even and the Odd,
WaalshshafAAi waalwatri
By the even and odd (contrasted);
And the night when it departeth,
Waallayli itha yasri
And by the Night when it passeth away; -
There surely is an oath for thinking man.
Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin
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,
Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin
Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad (people), -
With many - columned Iram,
Irama thati alAAimadi
Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,
The like of which was not created in the lands;
Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi
The like of which were not produced in (all) the land?
And with (the tribe of) Thamud, who clove the rocks in the valley;
Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi
And with the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley? -
And with Pharaoh, firm of might,
WafirAAawna thee alawtadi
And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?
Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands,
Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi
(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,
And multiplied iniquity therein ?
Faaktharoo feeha alfasada
And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).
Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment.
Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin
Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements:
Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful.
Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi
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.
Faamma alinsanu itha ma ibtalahu rabbuhu faakramahu wanaAAAAamahu fayaqoolu rabbee akramani
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.
Waamma itha ma ibtalahu faqadara AAalayhi rizqahu fayaqoolu rabbee ahanani
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
Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema
Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!
And urge not on the feeding of the poor.
Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni
Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor! -
And ye devour heritages with devouring greed.
Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman
And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,
And love wealth with abounding love.
Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman
And ye love wealth with inordinate love!
Nay, but when the earth is ground to atoms, grinding, grinding,
Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan
Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,
And thy Lord shall come with angels, rank on rank,
Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan
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) ?
Wajeea yawmaithin bijahannama yawmaithin yatathakkaru alinsanu waanna lahu alththikra
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!
Yaqoolu ya laytanee qaddamtu lihayatee
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!
Fayawmaithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu ahadun
For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict,
None bindeth as He then will bind.
Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun
And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.
But ah! thou soul at peace!
Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu
(To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction!
Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure!
IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan
"Come back thou to thy Lord, - well pleased (thyself), and well - pleasing unto Him!
Enter thou among My bondmen!
Faodkhulee fee AAibadee
"Enter thou, then, among My devotees!
Enter thou My Garden!
Waodkhulee jannatee
"Yea, enter thou My Heaven!