Chapter 89, 30 verses
I swear by the daybreak,
By the dawn
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والفجر
And the ten nights,
And [by] ten nights
وليال عشر
And the even and the odd,
And [by] the even [number] and the odd
والشفع والوتر
And the night when it departs.
And [by] the night when it passes,
والليل إذا يسر
Truly in that there is an oath for those who possess understanding.
Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?
هل في ذلك قسم لذي حجر
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with Ad,
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad -
ألم تر كيف فعل ربك بعاد
(The people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings,
[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,
إرم ذات العماد
The like of which were not created in the (other) cities;
The likes of whom had never been created in the land?
التي لم يخلق مثلها في البلاد
And (with) Samood, who hewed out the rocks in the valley,
And [with] Thamud, who carved out the rocks in the valley?
وثمود الذين جابوا الصخر بالواد
And (with) Firon, the lord of hosts,
And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? -
وفرعون ذي الأوتاد
Who committed inordinacy in the cities,
[All of] whom oppressed within the lands
الذين طغوا في البلاد
So they made great mischief therein?
And increased therein the corruption.
فأكثروا فيها الفساد
Therefore your Lord let down upon them a portion of the chastisement.
So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.
فصب عليهم ربك سوط عذاب
Most surely your Lord is watching.
Indeed, your Lord is in observation.
إن ربك لبالمرصاد
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.
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."
فأما الإنسان إذا ما ابتلاه ربه فأكرمه ونعمه فيقول ربي أكرمن
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 and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated me."
وأما إذا ما ابتلاه فقدر عليه رزقه فيقول ربي أهانن
Nay! but you do not honor the orphan,
No! But you do not honor the orphan
كلا ۖ بل لا تكرمون اليتيم
Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor,
And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.
ولا تحاضون على طعام المسكين
And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything) indiscriminately,
And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,
وتأكلون التراث أكلا لما
And you love wealth with exceeding love.
And you love wealth with immense love.
وتحبون المال حبا جما
Nay! when the earth is made to crumble to pieces,
No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed -
كلا إذا دكت الأرض دكا دكا
And your Lord comes and (also) the angels in ranks,
And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon rank,
وجاء ربك والملك صفا صفا
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 brought [within view], that Day, is Hell - that Day, man will remember, but what good to him will be the remembrance?
وجيء يومئذ بجهنم ۚ يومئذ يتذكر الإنسان وأنى له الذكرى
He shall say: O! would that I had sent before for (this) my life!
He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."
يقول يا ليتني قدمت لحياتي
But on that day shall no one chastise with (anything like) His chastisement,
So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment,
فيومئذ لا يعذب عذابه أحد
And no one shall bind with (anything like) His binding.
And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers].
ولا يوثق وثاقه أحد
O soul that art at rest!
[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,
يا أيتها النفس المطمئنة
Return to your Lord, well - pleased (with him), well - pleasing (Him),
Return to your Lord, well - pleased and pleasing [to Him],
ارجعي إلى ربك راضية مرضية
So enter among My servants,
And enter among My [righteous] servants
فادخلي في عبادي
And enter into My garden.
And enter My Paradise."
وادخلي جنتي