Chapter 89, 30 verses
I swear by the daybreak,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والفجر
By the break of Day
And the ten nights,
وليال عشر
By the Nights twice five;
And the even and the odd,
والشفع والوتر
By the even and odd (contrasted);
And the night when it departs.
والليل إذا يسر
And by the Night when it passeth away; -
Truly in that there is an oath for those who possess understanding.
هل في ذلك قسم لذي حجر
Is there (not) in these an adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand?
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with Ad,
ألم تر كيف فعل ربك بعاد
Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad (people), -
(The people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings,
إرم ذات العماد
Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,
The like of which were not created in the (other) cities;
التي لم يخلق مثلها في البلاد
The like of which were not produced in (all) the land?
And (with) Samood, who hewed out the rocks in the valley,
وثمود الذين جابوا الصخر بالواد
And with the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley? -
And (with) Firon, the lord of hosts,
وفرعون ذي الأوتاد
And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?
Who committed inordinacy in the cities,
الذين طغوا في البلاد
(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,
So they made great mischief therein?
فأكثروا فيها الفساد
And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).
Therefore your Lord let down upon them a portion of the chastisement.
فصب عليهم ربك سوط عذاب
Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements:
Most surely your Lord is watching.
إن ربك لبالمرصاد
For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch - tower.
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
Now, as for man, when his Lord trieth him, giving him honour and gifts, then saith he, (puffed up), "My Lord hath honoured 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 when He trieth him, restricting his subsistence for him, then saith he (in despair), "My Lord hath humiliated me!"
Nay! but you do not honor the orphan,
كلا ۖ بل لا تكرمون اليتيم
Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!
Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor,
ولا تحاضون على طعام المسكين
Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor! -
And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything) indiscriminately,
وتأكلون التراث أكلا لما
And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,
And you love wealth with exceeding love.
وتحبون المال حبا جما
And ye love wealth with inordinate love!
Nay! when the earth is made to crumble to pieces,
كلا إذا دكت الأرض دكا دكا
Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,
And your Lord comes and (also) the angels in ranks,
وجاء ربك والملك صفا صفا
And thy Lord cometh, and His 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
And Hell, that Day, is brought (face to face), - on that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance profit 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 forth (good deeds) for (this) my (Future) Life!"
But on that day shall no one chastise with (anything like) His chastisement,
فيومئذ لا يعذب عذابه أحد
For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict,
And no one shall bind with (anything like) His binding.
ولا يوثق وثاقه أحد
And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.
O soul that art at rest!
يا أيتها النفس المطمئنة
(To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction!
Return to your Lord, well - pleased (with him), well - pleasing (Him),
ارجعي إلى ربك راضية مرضية
"Come back thou to thy Lord, - well pleased (thyself), and well - pleasing unto Him!
So enter among My servants,
فادخلي في عبادي
"Enter thou, then, among My devotees!
And enter into My garden.
وادخلي جنتي
"Yea, enter thou My Heaven!