Chapter 89, 30 verses
I swear by the daybreak,
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the dawn;
By the dawn
And the ten nights,
By the ten nights (i.e. the first ten days of the month of Dhul-Hijjah) ,
And [by] ten nights
And the even and the odd,
And by the even and the odd (of all the creations of Allah).
And [by] the even [number] and the odd
And the night when it departs.
And by the night when it departs.
And [by] the night when it passes,
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)!
Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?
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)
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad -
(The people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings,
Of Iram (who were very tall) like (lofty) pillars,
[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,
The like of which were not created in the (other) cities;
The like of which were not created in the land?
The likes of whom had never been created in the land?
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)?
And [with] Thamud, who carved out the rocks in the valley?
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)?
And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? -
Who committed inordinacy in the cities,
Who did transgress beyond bounds in the lands (in the disobedience of Allah).
[All of] whom oppressed within the lands
So they made great mischief therein?
And made therein much mischief.
And increased therein the corruption.
Therefore your Lord let down upon them a portion of the chastisement.
So your Lord poured on them different kinds of severe torment.
So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.
Most surely your Lord is watching.
Verily, your Lord is Ever Watchful (over them).
Indeed, your Lord is in observation.
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."
And as for man, when his Lord tries him and [thus] is generous to him and favors him, he says, "My Lord has honored me."
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!"
But when He tries him and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated me."
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)!
No! But you do not honor the orphan
Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor,
And urge not one another on the feeding of Al-Miskin (the poor)!
And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.
And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything) indiscriminately,
And you devour the inheritance all with greed.
And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,
And you love wealth with exceeding love.
And you love wealth with much love.
And you love wealth with immense love.
Nay! when the earth is made to crumble to pieces,
Nay! When the earth is ground to powder.
No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed -
And your Lord comes and (also) the angels in ranks,
And your Lord comes with the angels in rows.
And your Lord has come and the 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?
And Hell will be brought near that Day. On that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance (then) avail him?
And brought [within view], that Day, is Hell - that Day, man will remember, but what good to him will be the remembrance?
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!"
He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."
But on that day shall no one chastise with (anything like) His chastisement,
So on that Day none will punish as He will punish.
So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment,
And no one shall bind with (anything like) His binding.
And none will bind (the wicked, disbelievers and polytheists) as He will bind.
And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers].
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!
[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,
Return to your Lord, well - pleased (with him), well - pleasing (Him),
"Come back to your Lord well-pleased (yourself) and well-pleasing (unto Him)!
Return to your Lord, well - pleased and pleasing [to Him],
So enter among My servants,
"Enter you then among My (honoured) slaves,
And enter among My [righteous] servants
And enter into My garden.
"And enter you My Paradise!"
And enter My Paradise."