Chapter 89, 30 verses
I swear by the daybreak,
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the Dawn
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the dawn;
And the ten nights,
And ten nights,
By the ten nights (i.e. the first ten days of the month of Dhul-Hijjah) ,
And the even and the odd,
And the Even and the Odd,
And by the even and the odd (of all the creations of Allah).
And the night when it departs.
And the night when it departeth,
And by the night when it departs.
Truly in that there is an oath for those who possess understanding.
There surely is an oath for thinking man.
There is indeed in them (the above oaths) sufficient proofs for men of understanding (and that, they should avoid all kinds of sins and disbeliefs)!
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with Ad,
Dost thou not consider how thy Lord dealt with (the tribe of) A'ad,
Saw you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) not how your Lord dealt with 'Ad (people)
(The people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings,
With many - columned Iram,
Of Iram (who were very tall) like (lofty) pillars,
The like of which were not created in the (other) cities;
The like of which was not created in the lands;
The like of which were not created in the land?
And (with) Samood, who hewed out the rocks in the valley,
And with (the tribe of) Thamud, who clove the rocks in the valley;
And (with) Thamud (people), who hewed out rocks in the valley (to make dwellings)?
And (with) Firon, the lord of hosts,
And with Pharaoh, firm of might,
And (with) Fir'aun (Pharaoh) who had the stakes (to torture men by binding them to the stakes)?
Who committed inordinacy in the cities,
Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands,
Who did transgress beyond bounds in the lands (in the disobedience of Allah).
So they made great mischief therein?
And multiplied iniquity therein ?
And made therein much mischief.
Therefore your Lord let down upon them a portion of the chastisement.
Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment.
So your Lord poured on them different kinds of severe torment.
Most surely your Lord is watching.
Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful.
Verily, your Lord is Ever Watchful (over them).
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.
As for man, whenever his Lord trieth him by honouring him, and is gracious unto him, he saith: My Lord honoureth me.
As for man, when his Lord tries him by giving him honour and bounties, then he says (in exultation): "My Lord has honoured me."
But when He tries him (differently), then straitens to him his means of subsistence, he says: My Lord has disgraced me.
But whenever He trieth him by straitening his means of life, he saith: My Lord despiseth me.
But when He tries him by straitening his means of life, he says: "My Lord has humiliated me!"
Nay! but you do not honor the orphan,
Nay, but ye (for your part) honour not the orphan
Nay! But you treat not the orphans with kindness and generosity (i.e. you neither treat them well, nor give them their exact right of inheritance)!
Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor,
And urge not on the feeding of the poor.
And urge not one another on the feeding of Al-Miskin (the poor)!
And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything) indiscriminately,
And ye devour heritages with devouring greed.
And you devour the inheritance all with greed.
And you love wealth with exceeding love.
And love wealth with abounding love.
And you love wealth with much love.
Nay! when the earth is made to crumble to pieces,
Nay, but when the earth is ground to atoms, grinding, grinding,
Nay! When the earth is ground to powder.
And your Lord comes and (also) the angels in ranks,
And thy Lord shall come with angels, rank on rank,
And your Lord comes with the angels in rows.
And hell is made to appear on that day. On that day shall man be mindful, and what shall being mindful (then) avail him?
And hell is brought near that day; on that day man will remember, but how will the remembrance (then avail him) ?
And Hell will be brought near that Day. On that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance (then) avail him?
He shall say: O! would that I had sent before for (this) my life!
He will say: Ah, would that I had sent before me (some provision) for my life!
He will say: "Alas! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my life!"
But on that day shall no one chastise with (anything like) His chastisement,
None punisheth as He will punish on that day!
So on that Day none will punish as He will punish.
And no one shall bind with (anything like) His binding.
None bindeth as He then will bind.
And none will bind (the wicked, disbelievers and polytheists) as He will bind.
O soul that art at rest!
But ah! thou soul at peace!
(It will be said to the pious believers of Islamic Monotheism): "O (you) the one in (complete) rest and satisfaction!
Return to your Lord, well - pleased (with him), well - pleasing (Him),
Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure!
"Come back to your Lord well-pleased (yourself) and well-pleasing (unto Him)!
So enter among My servants,
Enter thou among My bondmen!
"Enter you then among My (honoured) slaves,
And enter into My garden.
Enter thou My Garden!
"And enter you My Paradise!"