Chapter 89, 30 verses
I swear by the daybreak,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والفجر
Waalfajri
By the dawn
And the ten nights,
وليال عشر
Walayalin AAashrin
And [by] ten nights
And the even and the odd,
والشفع والوتر
WaalshshafAAi waalwatri
And [by] the even [number] and the odd
And the night when it departs.
والليل إذا يسر
Waallayli itha yasri
And [by] the night when it passes,
Truly in that there is an oath for those who possess understanding.
هل في ذلك قسم لذي حجر
Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin
Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with Ad,
ألم تر كيف فعل ربك بعاد
Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad -
(The people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings,
إرم ذات العماد
Irama thati alAAimadi
[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,
The like of which were not created in the (other) cities;
التي لم يخلق مثلها في البلاد
Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi
The likes of whom had never been created in the land?
And (with) Samood, who hewed out the rocks in the valley,
وثمود الذين جابوا الصخر بالواد
Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi
And [with] Thamud, who carved out the rocks in the valley?
And (with) Firon, the lord of hosts,
وفرعون ذي الأوتاد
WafirAAawna thee alawtadi
And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? -
Who committed inordinacy in the cities,
الذين طغوا في البلاد
Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi
[All of] whom oppressed within the lands
So they made great mischief therein?
فأكثروا فيها الفساد
Faaktharoo feeha alfasada
And increased therein the corruption.
Therefore your Lord let down upon them a portion of the chastisement.
فصب عليهم ربك سوط عذاب
Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin
So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.
Most surely your Lord is watching.
إن ربك لبالمرصاد
Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi
Indeed, your Lord is in observation.
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
Faamma alinsanu itha ma ibtalahu rabbuhu faakramahu wanaAAAAamahu fayaqoolu rabbee akramani
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."
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
Waamma itha ma ibtalahu faqadara AAalayhi rizqahu fayaqoolu rabbee ahanani
But when He tries him and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated me."
Nay! but you do not honor the orphan,
كلا ۖ بل لا تكرمون اليتيم
Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema
No! But you do not honor the orphan
Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor,
ولا تحاضون على طعام المسكين
Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni
And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.
And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything) indiscriminately,
وتأكلون التراث أكلا لما
Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman
And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,
And you love wealth with exceeding love.
وتحبون المال حبا جما
Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman
And you love wealth with immense love.
Nay! when the earth is made to crumble to pieces,
كلا إذا دكت الأرض دكا دكا
Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan
No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed -
And your Lord comes and (also) the angels in ranks,
وجاء ربك والملك صفا صفا
Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan
And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon 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
Wajeea yawmaithin bijahannama yawmaithin yatathakkaru alinsanu waanna lahu alththikra
And brought [within view], that Day, is Hell - that Day, man will remember, but what good to him will be the remembrance?
He shall say: O! would that I had sent before for (this) my life!
يقول يا ليتني قدمت لحياتي
Yaqoolu ya laytanee qaddamtu lihayatee
He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."
But on that day shall no one chastise with (anything like) His chastisement,
فيومئذ لا يعذب عذابه أحد
Fayawmaithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu ahadun
So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment,
And no one shall bind with (anything like) His binding.
ولا يوثق وثاقه أحد
Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun
And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers].
O soul that art at rest!
يا أيتها النفس المطمئنة
Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu
[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,
Return to your Lord, well - pleased (with him), well - pleasing (Him),
ارجعي إلى ربك راضية مرضية
IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan
Return to your Lord, well - pleased and pleasing [to Him],
So enter among My servants,
فادخلي في عبادي
Faodkhulee fee AAibadee
And enter among My [righteous] servants
And enter into My garden.
وادخلي جنتي
Waodkhulee jannatee
And enter My Paradise."