Chapter 89, 30 verses
I swear by the daybreak,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والفجر
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the Dawn
And the ten nights,
وليال عشر
And ten nights,
And the even and the odd,
والشفع والوتر
And the Even and the Odd,
And the night when it departs.
والليل إذا يسر
And the night when it departeth,
Truly in that there is an oath for those who possess understanding.
هل في ذلك قسم لذي حجر
There surely is an oath for thinking man.
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with Ad,
ألم تر كيف فعل ربك بعاد
Dost thou not consider how thy Lord dealt with (the tribe of) A'ad,
(The people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings,
إرم ذات العماد
With many - columned Iram,
The like of which were not created in the (other) cities;
التي لم يخلق مثلها في البلاد
The like of which was not created in the lands;
And (with) Samood, who hewed out the rocks in the valley,
وثمود الذين جابوا الصخر بالواد
And with (the tribe of) Thamud, who clove the rocks in the valley;
And (with) Firon, the lord of hosts,
وفرعون ذي الأوتاد
And with Pharaoh, firm of might,
Who committed inordinacy in the cities,
الذين طغوا في البلاد
Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands,
So they made great mischief therein?
فأكثروا فيها الفساد
And multiplied iniquity therein ?
Therefore your Lord let down upon them a portion of the chastisement.
فصب عليهم ربك سوط عذاب
Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment.
Most surely your Lord is watching.
إن ربك لبالمرصاد
Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful.
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
As for man, whenever his Lord trieth him by honouring him, and is gracious unto him, he saith: My Lord honoureth me.
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
But whenever He trieth him by straitening his means of life, he saith: My Lord despiseth me.
Nay! but you do not honor the orphan,
كلا ۖ بل لا تكرمون اليتيم
Nay, but ye (for your part) honour not the orphan
Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor,
ولا تحاضون على طعام المسكين
And urge not on the feeding of the poor.
And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything) indiscriminately,
وتأكلون التراث أكلا لما
And ye devour heritages with devouring greed.
And you love wealth with exceeding love.
وتحبون المال حبا جما
And love wealth with abounding love.
Nay! when the earth is made to crumble to pieces,
كلا إذا دكت الأرض دكا دكا
Nay, but when the earth is ground to atoms, grinding, grinding,
And your Lord comes and (also) the angels in ranks,
وجاء ربك والملك صفا صفا
And thy Lord shall come with angels, rank on rank,
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
And hell is brought near that day; on that day man will remember, but how will the remembrance (then avail him) ?
He shall say: O! would that I had sent before for (this) my life!
يقول يا ليتني قدمت لحياتي
He will say: Ah, would that I had sent before me (some provision) for my life!
But on that day shall no one chastise with (anything like) His chastisement,
فيومئذ لا يعذب عذابه أحد
None punisheth as He will punish on that day!
And no one shall bind with (anything like) His binding.
ولا يوثق وثاقه أحد
None bindeth as He then will bind.
O soul that art at rest!
يا أيتها النفس المطمئنة
But ah! thou soul at peace!
Return to your Lord, well - pleased (with him), well - pleasing (Him),
ارجعي إلى ربك راضية مرضية
Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure!
So enter among My servants,
فادخلي في عبادي
Enter thou among My bondmen!
And enter into My garden.
وادخلي جنتي
Enter thou My Garden!