Chapter 89, 30 verses
I swear by the daybreak,
Waalfajri
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the Dawn
وَٱلْفَجْرِ
And the ten nights,
Walayalin AAashrin
And ten nights,
وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ
And the even and the odd,
WaalshshafAAi waalwatri
And the Even and the Odd,
وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ
And the night when it departs.
Waallayli itha yasri
And the night when it departeth,
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ
Truly in that there is an oath for those who possess understanding.
Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin
There surely is an oath for thinking man.
هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with Ad,
Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin
Dost thou not consider how thy Lord dealt with (the tribe of) A'ad,
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
(The people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings,
Irama thati alAAimadi
With many - columned Iram,
إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ
The like of which were not created in the (other) cities;
Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi
The like of which was not created in the lands;
ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ
And (with) Samood, who hewed out the rocks in the valley,
Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi
And with (the tribe of) Thamud, who clove the rocks in the valley;
وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ
And (with) Firon, the lord of hosts,
WafirAAawna thee alawtadi
And with Pharaoh, firm of might,
وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ
Who committed inordinacy in the cities,
Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi
Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands,
ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ
So they made great mischief therein?
Faaktharoo feeha alfasada
And multiplied iniquity therein ?
فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ
Therefore your Lord let down upon them a portion of the chastisement.
Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin
Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment.
فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ
Most surely your Lord is watching.
Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi
Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful.
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ
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
As for man, whenever his Lord trieth him by honouring him, and is gracious unto him, he saith: My Lord honoureth me.
فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ
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
But whenever He trieth him by straitening his means of life, he saith: My Lord despiseth me.
وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَٰنَنِ
Nay! but you do not honor the orphan,
Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema
Nay, but ye (for your part) honour not the orphan
كَلَّا بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ
Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor,
Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni
And urge not on the feeding of the poor.
وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ
And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything) indiscriminately,
Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman
And ye devour heritages with devouring greed.
وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا
And you love wealth with exceeding love.
Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman
And love wealth with abounding love.
وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا
Nay! when the earth is made to crumble to pieces,
Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan
Nay, but when the earth is ground to atoms, grinding, grinding,
كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا
And your Lord comes and (also) the angels in ranks,
Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan
And thy Lord shall come with angels, rank on rank,
وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا
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
And hell is brought near that day; on that day man will remember, but how will the remembrance (then avail him) ?
وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ
He shall say: O! would that I had sent before for (this) my life!
Yaqoolu ya laytanee qaddamtu lihayatee
He will say: Ah, would that I had sent before me (some provision) for my life!
يَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى
But on that day shall no one chastise with (anything like) His chastisement,
Fayawmaithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu ahadun
None punisheth as He will punish on that day!
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
And no one shall bind with (anything like) His binding.
Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun
None bindeth as He then will bind.
وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
O soul that art at rest!
Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu
But ah! thou soul at peace!
يَٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ
Return to your Lord, well - pleased (with him), well - pleasing (Him),
IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan
Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure!
ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً
So enter among My servants,
Faodkhulee fee AAibadee
Enter thou among My bondmen!
فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَٰدِى
And enter into My garden.
Waodkhulee jannatee
Enter thou My Garden!
وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى