Chapter 89, 30 verses
I swear by the daybreak,
By the dawn
Waalfajri
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والفجر
And the ten nights,
And [by] ten nights
Walayalin AAashrin
وليال عشر
And the even and the odd,
And [by] the even [number] and the odd
WaalshshafAAi waalwatri
والشفع والوتر
And the night when it departs.
And [by] the night when it passes,
Waallayli itha yasri
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?
Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin
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 -
Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin
ألم تر كيف فعل ربك بعاد
(The people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings,
[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,
Irama thati alAAimadi
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?
Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi
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?
Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi
وثمود الذين جابوا الصخر بالواد
And (with) Firon, the lord of hosts,
And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? -
WafirAAawna thee alawtadi
وفرعون ذي الأوتاد
Who committed inordinacy in the cities,
[All of] whom oppressed within the lands
Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi
الذين طغوا في البلاد
So they made great mischief therein?
And increased therein the corruption.
Faaktharoo feeha alfasada
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.
Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin
فصب عليهم ربك سوط عذاب
Most surely your Lord is watching.
Indeed, your Lord is in observation.
Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi
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."
Faamma alinsanu itha ma ibtalahu rabbuhu faakramahu wanaAAAAamahu fayaqoolu rabbee akramani
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."
Waamma itha ma ibtalahu faqadara AAalayhi rizqahu fayaqoolu rabbee ahanani
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
Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema
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.
Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni
ولا تحاضون على طعام المسكين
And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything) indiscriminately,
And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,
Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman
وتأكلون التراث أكلا لما
And you love wealth with exceeding love.
And you love wealth with immense love.
Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman
وتحبون المال حبا جما
Nay! when the earth is made to crumble to pieces,
No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed -
Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan
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,
Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan
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?
Wajeea yawmaithin bijahannama yawmaithin yatathakkaru alinsanu waanna lahu alththikra
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."
Yaqoolu ya laytanee qaddamtu lihayatee
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,
Fayawmaithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu ahadun
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].
Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun
ولا يوثق وثاقه أحد
O soul that art at rest!
[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,
Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu
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],
IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan
ارجعي إلى ربك راضية مرضية
So enter among My servants,
And enter among My [righteous] servants
Faodkhulee fee AAibadee
فادخلي في عبادي
And enter into My garden.
And enter My Paradise."
Waodkhulee jannatee
وادخلي جنتي