Chapter 89, 30 verses
I swear by the daybreak,
Waalfajri
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والفجر
By the break of Day
And the ten nights,
Walayalin AAashrin
وليال عشر
By the Nights twice five;
And the even and the odd,
WaalshshafAAi waalwatri
والشفع والوتر
By the even and odd (contrasted);
And the night when it departs.
Waallayli itha yasri
والليل إذا يسر
And by the Night when it passeth away; -
Truly in that there is an oath for those who possess understanding.
Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin
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,
Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin
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,
Irama thati alAAimadi
إرم ذات العماد
Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,
The like of which were not created in the (other) cities;
Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi
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,
Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi
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,
WafirAAawna thee alawtadi
وفرعون ذي الأوتاد
And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?
Who committed inordinacy in the cities,
Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi
الذين طغوا في البلاد
(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,
So they made great mischief therein?
Faaktharoo feeha alfasada
فأكثروا فيها الفساد
And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).
Therefore your Lord let down upon them a portion of the chastisement.
Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin
فصب عليهم ربك سوط عذاب
Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements:
Most surely your Lord is watching.
Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi
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.
Faamma alinsanu itha ma ibtalahu rabbuhu faakramahu wanaAAAAamahu fayaqoolu rabbee akramani
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.
Waamma itha ma ibtalahu faqadara AAalayhi rizqahu fayaqoolu rabbee ahanani
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,
Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema
كلا ۖ بل لا تكرمون اليتيم
Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!
Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor,
Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni
ولا تحاضون على طعام المسكين
Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor! -
And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything) indiscriminately,
Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman
وتأكلون التراث أكلا لما
And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,
And you love wealth with exceeding love.
Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman
وتحبون المال حبا جما
And ye love wealth with inordinate love!
Nay! when the earth is made to crumble to pieces,
Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan
كلا إذا دكت الأرض دكا دكا
Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,
And your Lord comes and (also) the angels in ranks,
Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan
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?
Wajeea yawmaithin bijahannama yawmaithin yatathakkaru alinsanu waanna lahu alththikra
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!
Yaqoolu ya laytanee qaddamtu lihayatee
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,
Fayawmaithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu ahadun
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.
Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun
ولا يوثق وثاقه أحد
And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.
O soul that art at rest!
Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu
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),
IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan
ارجعي إلى ربك راضية مرضية
"Come back thou to thy Lord, - well pleased (thyself), and well - pleasing unto Him!
So enter among My servants,
Faodkhulee fee AAibadee
فادخلي في عبادي
"Enter thou, then, among My devotees!
And enter into My garden.
Waodkhulee jannatee
وادخلي جنتي
"Yea, enter thou My Heaven!