Chapter 89, 30 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the Dawn
By the dawn
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والفجر
Waalfajri
And ten nights,
And [by] ten nights
وليال عشر
Walayalin AAashrin
And the Even and the Odd,
And [by] the even [number] and the odd
والشفع والوتر
WaalshshafAAi waalwatri
And the night when it departeth,
And [by] the night when it passes,
والليل إذا يسر
Waallayli itha yasri
There surely is an oath for thinking man.
Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?
هل في ذلك قسم لذي حجر
Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin
Dost thou not consider how thy Lord dealt with (the tribe of) A'ad,
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad -
ألم تر كيف فعل ربك بعاد
Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin
With many - columned Iram,
[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,
إرم ذات العماد
Irama thati alAAimadi
The like of which was not created in the lands;
The likes of whom had never been created in the land?
التي لم يخلق مثلها في البلاد
Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi
And with (the tribe of) Thamud, who clove the rocks in the valley;
And [with] Thamud, who carved out the rocks in the valley?
وثمود الذين جابوا الصخر بالواد
Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi
And with Pharaoh, firm of might,
And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? -
وفرعون ذي الأوتاد
WafirAAawna thee alawtadi
Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands,
[All of] whom oppressed within the lands
الذين طغوا في البلاد
Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi
And multiplied iniquity therein ?
And increased therein the corruption.
فأكثروا فيها الفساد
Faaktharoo feeha alfasada
Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment.
So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.
فصب عليهم ربك سوط عذاب
Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin
Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful.
Indeed, your Lord is in observation.
إن ربك لبالمرصاد
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.
And as for man, when his Lord tries him and [thus] is generous to him and favors him, he says, "My Lord has honored me."
فأما الإنسان إذا ما ابتلاه ربه فأكرمه ونعمه فيقول ربي أكرمن
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 and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated me."
وأما إذا ما ابتلاه فقدر عليه رزقه فيقول ربي أهانن
Waamma itha ma ibtalahu faqadara AAalayhi rizqahu fayaqoolu rabbee ahanani
Nay, but ye (for your part) honour not the orphan
No! But you do not honor the orphan
كلا ۖ بل لا تكرمون اليتيم
Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema
And urge not on the feeding of the poor.
And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.
ولا تحاضون على طعام المسكين
Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni
And ye devour heritages with devouring greed.
And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,
وتأكلون التراث أكلا لما
Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman
And love wealth with abounding love.
And you love wealth with immense love.
وتحبون المال حبا جما
Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman
Nay, but when the earth is ground to atoms, grinding, grinding,
No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed -
كلا إذا دكت الأرض دكا دكا
Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan
And thy Lord shall come with angels, rank on rank,
And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon rank,
وجاء ربك والملك صفا صفا
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 brought [within view], that Day, is Hell - that Day, man will remember, but what good to him will be the remembrance?
وجيء يومئذ بجهنم ۚ يومئذ يتذكر الإنسان وأنى له الذكرى
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, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."
يقول يا ليتني قدمت لحياتي
Yaqoolu ya laytanee qaddamtu lihayatee
None punisheth as He will punish on that day!
So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment,
فيومئذ لا يعذب عذابه أحد
Fayawmaithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu ahadun
None bindeth as He then will bind.
And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers].
ولا يوثق وثاقه أحد
Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun
But ah! thou soul at peace!
[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,
يا أيتها النفس المطمئنة
Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu
Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure!
Return to your Lord, well - pleased and pleasing [to Him],
ارجعي إلى ربك راضية مرضية
IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan
Enter thou among My bondmen!
And enter among My [righteous] servants
فادخلي في عبادي
Faodkhulee fee AAibadee
Enter thou My Garden!
And enter My Paradise."
وادخلي جنتي
Waodkhulee jannatee