Chapter 89, 30 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the Dawn
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the dawn;
Waalfajri
And ten nights,
By the ten nights (i.e. the first ten days of the month of Dhul-Hijjah) ,
Walayalin AAashrin
And the Even and the Odd,
And by the even and the odd (of all the creations of Allah).
WaalshshafAAi waalwatri
And the night when it departeth,
And by the night when it departs.
Waallayli itha yasri
There surely is an oath for thinking man.
There is indeed in them (the above oaths) sufficient proofs for men of understanding (and that, they should avoid all kinds of sins and disbeliefs)!
Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin
Dost thou not consider how thy Lord dealt with (the tribe of) A'ad,
Saw you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) not how your Lord dealt with 'Ad (people)
Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin
With many - columned Iram,
Of Iram (who were very tall) like (lofty) pillars,
Irama thati alAAimadi
The like of which was not created in the lands;
The like of which were not created in the land?
Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi
And with (the tribe of) Thamud, who clove the rocks in the valley;
And (with) Thamud (people), who hewed out rocks in the valley (to make dwellings)?
Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi
And with Pharaoh, firm of might,
And (with) Fir'aun (Pharaoh) who had the stakes (to torture men by binding them to the stakes)?
WafirAAawna thee alawtadi
Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands,
Who did transgress beyond bounds in the lands (in the disobedience of Allah).
Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi
And multiplied iniquity therein ?
And made therein much mischief.
Faaktharoo feeha alfasada
Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment.
So your Lord poured on them different kinds of severe torment.
Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin
Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful.
Verily, your Lord is Ever Watchful (over them).
Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi
As for man, whenever his Lord trieth him by honouring him, and is gracious unto him, he saith: My Lord honoureth me.
As for man, when his Lord tries him by giving him honour and bounties, then he says (in exultation): "My Lord has honoured me."
Faamma alinsanu itha ma ibtalahu rabbuhu faakramahu wanaAAAAamahu fayaqoolu rabbee akramani
But whenever He trieth him by straitening his means of life, he saith: My Lord despiseth me.
But when He tries him by straitening his means of life, he says: "My Lord has humiliated me!"
Waamma itha ma ibtalahu faqadara AAalayhi rizqahu fayaqoolu rabbee ahanani
Nay, but ye (for your part) honour not the orphan
Nay! But you treat not the orphans with kindness and generosity (i.e. you neither treat them well, nor give them their exact right of inheritance)!
Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema
And urge not on the feeding of the poor.
And urge not one another on the feeding of Al-Miskin (the poor)!
Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni
And ye devour heritages with devouring greed.
And you devour the inheritance all with greed.
Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman
And love wealth with abounding love.
And you love wealth with much love.
Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman
Nay, but when the earth is ground to atoms, grinding, grinding,
Nay! When the earth is ground to powder.
Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan
And thy Lord shall come with angels, rank on rank,
And your Lord comes with the angels in rows.
Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan
And hell is brought near that day; on that day man will remember, but how will the remembrance (then avail him) ?
And Hell will be brought near that Day. On that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance (then) avail him?
Wajeea yawmaithin bijahannama yawmaithin yatathakkaru alinsanu waanna lahu alththikra
He will say: Ah, would that I had sent before me (some provision) for my life!
He will say: "Alas! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my life!"
Yaqoolu ya laytanee qaddamtu lihayatee
None punisheth as He will punish on that day!
So on that Day none will punish as He will punish.
Fayawmaithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu ahadun
None bindeth as He then will bind.
And none will bind (the wicked, disbelievers and polytheists) as He will bind.
Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun
But ah! thou soul at peace!
(It will be said to the pious believers of Islamic Monotheism): "O (you) the one in (complete) rest and satisfaction!
Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu
Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure!
"Come back to your Lord well-pleased (yourself) and well-pleasing (unto Him)!
IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan
Enter thou among My bondmen!
"Enter you then among My (honoured) slaves,
Faodkhulee fee AAibadee
Enter thou My Garden!
"And enter you My Paradise!"
Waodkhulee jannatee