Chapter 89, 30 verses
I swear by the daybreak,
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the Dawn
By the dawn
And the ten nights,
And ten nights,
And [by] ten nights
And the even and the odd,
And the Even and the Odd,
And [by] the even [number] and the odd
And the night when it departs.
And the night when it departeth,
And [by] the night when it passes,
Truly in that there is an oath for those who possess understanding.
There surely is an oath for thinking man.
Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with Ad,
Dost thou not consider how thy Lord dealt with (the tribe of) A'ad,
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad -
(The people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings,
With many - columned Iram,
[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,
The like of which were not created in the (other) cities;
The like of which was not created in the lands;
The likes of whom had never been 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, who carved out the rocks in the valley?
And (with) Firon, the lord of hosts,
And with Pharaoh, firm of might,
And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? -
Who committed inordinacy in the cities,
Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands,
[All of] whom oppressed within the lands
So they made great mischief therein?
And multiplied iniquity therein ?
And increased therein the corruption.
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 upon them a scourge of punishment.
Most surely your Lord is watching.
Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful.
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.
As for man, whenever his Lord trieth him by honouring him, and is gracious unto him, he saith: My Lord honoureth me.
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.
But whenever He trieth him by straitening his means of life, he saith: My Lord despiseth me.
But when He tries him and restricts his provision, 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
No! But you do not honor the orphan
Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor,
And urge not on the feeding of the poor.
And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.
And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything) indiscriminately,
And ye devour heritages with devouring greed.
And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,
And you love wealth with exceeding love.
And love wealth with abounding love.
And you love wealth with immense love.
Nay! when the earth is made to crumble to pieces,
Nay, but when the earth is ground to atoms, grinding, grinding,
No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed -
And your Lord comes and (also) the angels in ranks,
And thy Lord shall come with angels, rank on rank,
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?
And hell is brought near that day; on that day man will remember, but how will the remembrance (then avail him) ?
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!
He will say: Ah, would that I had sent before me (some provision) for my life!
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,
None punisheth as He will punish on that day!
So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment,
And no one shall bind with (anything like) His binding.
None bindeth as He then will bind.
And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers].
O soul that art at rest!
But ah! thou soul at peace!
[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,
Return to your Lord, well - pleased (with him), well - pleasing (Him),
Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure!
Return to your Lord, well - pleased and pleasing [to Him],
So enter among My servants,
Enter thou among My bondmen!
And enter among My [righteous] servants
And enter into My garden.
Enter thou My Garden!
And enter My Paradise."