Chapter 89, 30 verses
I swear by the daybreak,
By the dawn
Waalfajri
And the ten nights,
And [by] ten nights
Walayalin AAashrin
And the even and the odd,
And [by] the even [number] and the odd
WaalshshafAAi waalwatri
And the night when it departs.
And [by] the night when it passes,
Waallayli itha yasri
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
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
(The people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings,
[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,
Irama thati alAAimadi
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
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
And (with) Firon, the lord of hosts,
And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? -
WafirAAawna thee alawtadi
Who committed inordinacy in the cities,
[All of] whom oppressed within the lands
Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi
So they made great mischief therein?
And increased therein the corruption.
Faaktharoo feeha alfasada
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
Most surely your Lord is watching.
Indeed, your Lord is in observation.
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.
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
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
Nay! but you do not honor the orphan,
No! But you do not honor the orphan
Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema
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
And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything) indiscriminately,
And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,
Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman
And you love wealth with exceeding love.
And you love wealth with immense love.
Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman
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
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
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
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
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
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
O soul that art at rest!
[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,
Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu
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
So enter among My servants,
And enter among My [righteous] servants
Faodkhulee fee AAibadee
And enter into My garden.
And enter My Paradise."
Waodkhulee jannatee