Chapter 89, 30 verses
I swear by the daybreak,
Waalfajri
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the dawn;
And the ten nights,
Walayalin AAashrin
By the ten nights (i.e. the first ten days of the month of Dhul-Hijjah) ,
And the even and the odd,
WaalshshafAAi waalwatri
And by the even and the odd (of all the creations of Allah).
And the night when it departs.
Waallayli itha yasri
And by the night when it departs.
Truly in that there is an oath for those who possess understanding.
Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin
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,
Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin
Saw you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) not how your Lord dealt with 'Ad (people)
(The people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings,
Irama thati alAAimadi
Of Iram (who were very tall) like (lofty) pillars,
The like of which were not created in the (other) cities;
Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi
The like of which were not created in the land?
And (with) Samood, who hewed out the rocks in the valley,
Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi
And (with) Thamud (people), who hewed out rocks in the valley (to make dwellings)?
And (with) Firon, the lord of hosts,
WafirAAawna thee alawtadi
And (with) Fir'aun (Pharaoh) who had the stakes (to torture men by binding them to the stakes)?
Who committed inordinacy in the cities,
Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi
Who did transgress beyond bounds in the lands (in the disobedience of Allah).
So they made great mischief therein?
Faaktharoo feeha alfasada
And made therein much mischief.
Therefore your Lord let down upon them a portion of the chastisement.
Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin
So your Lord poured on them different kinds of severe torment.
Most surely your Lord is watching.
Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi
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.
Faamma alinsanu itha ma ibtalahu rabbuhu faakramahu wanaAAAAamahu fayaqoolu rabbee akramani
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.
Waamma itha ma ibtalahu faqadara AAalayhi rizqahu fayaqoolu rabbee ahanani
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,
Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema
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,
Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni
And urge not one another on the feeding of Al-Miskin (the poor)!
And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything) indiscriminately,
Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman
And you devour the inheritance all with greed.
And you love wealth with exceeding love.
Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman
And you love wealth with much love.
Nay! when the earth is made to crumble to pieces,
Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan
Nay! When the earth is ground to powder.
And your Lord comes and (also) the angels in ranks,
Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan
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?
Wajeea yawmaithin bijahannama yawmaithin yatathakkaru alinsanu waanna lahu alththikra
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!
Yaqoolu ya laytanee qaddamtu lihayatee
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,
Fayawmaithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu ahadun
So on that Day none will punish as He will punish.
And no one shall bind with (anything like) His binding.
Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun
And none will bind (the wicked, disbelievers and polytheists) as He will bind.
O soul that art at rest!
Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu
(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),
IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan
"Come back to your Lord well-pleased (yourself) and well-pleasing (unto Him)!
So enter among My servants,
Faodkhulee fee AAibadee
"Enter you then among My (honoured) slaves,
And enter into My garden.
Waodkhulee jannatee
"And enter you My Paradise!"