Chapter 89, 30 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the Dawn
By the break of Day
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالْفَجْرِ
And ten nights,
By the Nights twice five;
وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ
And the Even and the Odd,
By the even and odd (contrasted);
وَالشَّفْعِ وَالْوَتْرِ
And the night when it departeth,
And by the Night when it passeth away; -
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ
There surely is an oath for thinking man.
Is there (not) in these an adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand?
هَلْ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِي حِجْرٍ
Dost thou not consider how thy Lord dealt with (the tribe of) A'ad,
Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad (people), -
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
With many - columned Iram,
Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,
إِرَمَ ذَاتِ الْعِمَادِ
The like of which was not created in the lands;
The like of which were not produced in (all) the land?
الَّتِي لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِي الْبِلَادِ
And with (the tribe of) Thamud, who clove the rocks in the valley;
And with the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley? -
وَثَمُودَ الَّذِينَ جَابُوا الصَّخْرَ بِالْوَادِ
And with Pharaoh, firm of might,
And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?
وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِي الْأَوْتَادِ
Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands,
(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,
الَّذِينَ طَغَوْا فِي الْبِلَادِ
And multiplied iniquity therein ?
And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).
فَأَكْثَرُوا فِيهَا الْفَسَادَ
Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment.
Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements:
فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ
Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful.
For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch - tower.
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِالْمِرْصَادِ
As for man, whenever his Lord trieth him by honouring him, and is gracious unto him, he saith: My Lord honoureth me.
Now, as for man, when his Lord trieth him, giving him honour and gifts, then saith he, (puffed up), "My Lord hath honoured me."
فَأَمَّا الْإِنسَانُ إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ رَبُّهُ فَأَكْرَمَهُ وَنَعَّمَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَكْرَمَنِ
But whenever He trieth him by straitening his means of life, he saith: My Lord despiseth me.
But when He trieth him, restricting his subsistence for him, then saith he (in despair), "My Lord hath humiliated me!"
وَأَمَّا إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَهَانَنِ
Nay, but ye (for your part) honour not the orphan
Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!
كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ الْيَتِيمَ
And urge not on the feeding of the poor.
Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor! -
وَلَا تَحَاضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ
And ye devour heritages with devouring greed.
And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,
وَتَأْكُلُونَ التُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا
And love wealth with abounding love.
And ye love wealth with inordinate love!
وَتُحِبُّونَ الْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا
Nay, but when the earth is ground to atoms, grinding, grinding,
Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,
كَلَّا إِذَا دُكَّتِ الْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا
And thy Lord shall come with angels, rank on rank,
And thy Lord cometh, and His angels, rank upon rank,
وَجَاءَ رَبُّكَ وَالْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا
And hell is brought near that day; on that day man will remember, but how will the remembrance (then avail him) ?
And Hell, that Day, is brought (face to face), - on that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance profit him?
وَجِيءَ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنسَانُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ الذِّكْرَىٰ
He will say: Ah, would that I had sent before me (some provision) for my life!
He will say: "Ah! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my (Future) Life!"
يَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِي
None punisheth as He will punish on that day!
For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict,
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُ أَحَدٌ
None bindeth as He then will bind.
And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.
وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُ أَحَدٌ
But ah! thou soul at peace!
(To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction!
يَا أَيَّتُهَا النَّفْسُ الْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ
Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure!
"Come back thou to thy Lord, - well pleased (thyself), and well - pleasing unto Him!
ارْجِعِي إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً
Enter thou among My bondmen!
"Enter thou, then, among My devotees!
فَادْخُلِي فِي عِبَادِي
Enter thou My Garden!
"Yea, enter thou My Heaven!
وَادْخُلِي جَنَّتِي