Chapter 89, 30 verses
I swear by the daybreak,
Waalfajri
By the break of Day
وَٱلْفَجْرِ
And the ten nights,
Walayalin AAashrin
By the Nights twice five;
وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ
And the even and the odd,
WaalshshafAAi waalwatri
By the even and odd (contrasted);
وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ
And the night when it departs.
Waallayli itha yasri
And by the Night when it passeth away; -
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ
Truly in that there is an oath for those who possess understanding.
Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin
Is there (not) in these an adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand?
هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with Ad,
Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin
Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad (people), -
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
(The people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings,
Irama thati alAAimadi
Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,
إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ
The like of which were not created in the (other) cities;
Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi
The like of which were not produced in (all) the land?
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 Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley? -
وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ
And (with) Firon, the lord of hosts,
WafirAAawna thee alawtadi
And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?
وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ
Who committed inordinacy in the cities,
Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi
(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,
ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ
So they made great mischief therein?
Faaktharoo feeha alfasada
And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).
فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ
Therefore your Lord let down upon them a portion of the chastisement.
Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin
Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements:
فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ
Most surely your Lord is watching.
Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi
For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch - tower.
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
Now, as for man, when his Lord trieth him, giving him honour and gifts, then saith he, (puffed up), "My Lord hath honoured 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 when He trieth him, restricting his subsistence for him, then saith he (in despair), "My Lord hath humiliated 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, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!
كَلَّا بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ
Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor,
Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni
Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor! -
وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ
And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything) indiscriminately,
Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman
And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,
وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا
And you love wealth with exceeding love.
Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman
And ye love wealth with inordinate love!
وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا
Nay! when the earth is made to crumble to pieces,
Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan
Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,
كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا
And your Lord comes and (also) the angels in ranks,
Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan
And thy Lord cometh, and His angels, rank upon 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, that Day, is brought (face to face), - on that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance profit 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 forth (good deeds) for (this) my (Future) Life!"
يَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى
But on that day shall no one chastise with (anything like) His chastisement,
Fayawmaithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu ahadun
For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict,
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
And no one shall bind with (anything like) His binding.
Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun
And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.
وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
O soul that art at rest!
Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu
(To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction!
يَٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ
Return to your Lord, well - pleased (with him), well - pleasing (Him),
IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan
"Come back thou to thy Lord, - well pleased (thyself), and well - pleasing unto Him!
ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً
So enter among My servants,
Faodkhulee fee AAibadee
"Enter thou, then, among My devotees!
فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَٰدِى
And enter into My garden.
Waodkhulee jannatee
"Yea, enter thou My Heaven!
وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى