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