Chapter 89, 30 verses
I swear by the daybreak,
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the dawn;
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والفجر
Waalfajri
And the ten nights,
By the ten nights (i.e. the first ten days of the month of Dhul-Hijjah) ,
وليال عشر
Walayalin AAashrin
And the even and the odd,
And by the even and the odd (of all the creations of Allah).
والشفع والوتر
WaalshshafAAi waalwatri
And the night when it departs.
And by the night when it departs.
والليل إذا يسر
Waallayli itha yasri
Truly in that there is an oath for those who possess understanding.
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)!
هل في ذلك قسم لذي حجر
Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with Ad,
Saw you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) not how your Lord dealt with 'Ad (people)
ألم تر كيف فعل ربك بعاد
Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin
(The people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings,
Of Iram (who were very tall) like (lofty) pillars,
إرم ذات العماد
Irama thati alAAimadi
The like of which were not created in the (other) cities;
The like of which were not created in the land?
التي لم يخلق مثلها في البلاد
Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi
And (with) Samood, who hewed out the rocks in the valley,
And (with) Thamud (people), who hewed out rocks in the valley (to make dwellings)?
وثمود الذين جابوا الصخر بالواد
Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi
And (with) Firon, the lord of hosts,
And (with) Fir'aun (Pharaoh) who had the stakes (to torture men by binding them to the stakes)?
وفرعون ذي الأوتاد
WafirAAawna thee alawtadi
Who committed inordinacy in the cities,
Who did transgress beyond bounds in the lands (in the disobedience of Allah).
الذين طغوا في البلاد
Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi
So they made great mischief therein?
And made therein much mischief.
فأكثروا فيها الفساد
Faaktharoo feeha alfasada
Therefore your Lord let down upon them a portion of the chastisement.
So your Lord poured on them different kinds of severe torment.
فصب عليهم ربك سوط عذاب
Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin
Most surely your Lord is watching.
Verily, your Lord is Ever Watchful (over them).
إن ربك لبالمرصاد
Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi
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, when his Lord tries him by giving him honour and bounties, then he says (in exultation): "My Lord has honoured me."
فأما الإنسان إذا ما ابتلاه ربه فأكرمه ونعمه فيقول ربي أكرمن
Faamma alinsanu itha ma ibtalahu rabbuhu faakramahu wanaAAAAamahu fayaqoolu rabbee akramani
But when He tries him (differently), then straitens to him his means of subsistence, he says: My Lord has disgraced me.
But when He tries him by straitening his means of life, he says: "My Lord has humiliated me!"
وأما إذا ما ابتلاه فقدر عليه رزقه فيقول ربي أهانن
Waamma itha ma ibtalahu faqadara AAalayhi rizqahu fayaqoolu rabbee ahanani
Nay! but you do not honor the orphan,
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)!
كلا ۖ بل لا تكرمون اليتيم
Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema
Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor,
And urge not one another on the feeding of Al-Miskin (the poor)!
ولا تحاضون على طعام المسكين
Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni
And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything) indiscriminately,
And you devour the inheritance all with greed.
وتأكلون التراث أكلا لما
Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman
And you love wealth with exceeding love.
And you love wealth with much love.
وتحبون المال حبا جما
Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman
Nay! when the earth is made to crumble to pieces,
Nay! When the earth is ground to powder.
كلا إذا دكت الأرض دكا دكا
Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan
And your Lord comes and (also) the angels in ranks,
And your Lord comes with the angels in rows.
وجاء ربك والملك صفا صفا
Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan
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 will be brought near that Day. On that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance (then) avail him?
وجيء يومئذ بجهنم ۚ يومئذ يتذكر الإنسان وأنى له الذكرى
Wajeea yawmaithin bijahannama yawmaithin yatathakkaru alinsanu waanna lahu alththikra
He shall say: O! would that I had sent before for (this) my life!
He will say: "Alas! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my life!"
يقول يا ليتني قدمت لحياتي
Yaqoolu ya laytanee qaddamtu lihayatee
But on that day shall no one chastise with (anything like) His chastisement,
So on that Day none will punish as He will punish.
فيومئذ لا يعذب عذابه أحد
Fayawmaithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu ahadun
And no one shall bind with (anything like) His binding.
And none will bind (the wicked, disbelievers and polytheists) as He will bind.
ولا يوثق وثاقه أحد
Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun
O soul that art at rest!
(It will be said to the pious believers of Islamic Monotheism): "O (you) the one in (complete) rest and satisfaction!
يا أيتها النفس المطمئنة
Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu
Return to your Lord, well - pleased (with him), well - pleasing (Him),
"Come back to your Lord well-pleased (yourself) and well-pleasing (unto Him)!
ارجعي إلى ربك راضية مرضية
IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan
So enter among My servants,
"Enter you then among My (honoured) slaves,
فادخلي في عبادي
Faodkhulee fee AAibadee
And enter into My garden.
"And enter you My Paradise!"
وادخلي جنتي
Waodkhulee jannatee