Chapter 89, 30 verses
I swear by the daybreak,
By the break of Day
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والفجر
Waalfajri
And the ten nights,
By the Nights twice five;
وليال عشر
Walayalin AAashrin
And the even and the odd,
By the even and odd (contrasted);
والشفع والوتر
WaalshshafAAi waalwatri
And the night when it departs.
And by the Night when it passeth away; -
والليل إذا يسر
Waallayli itha yasri
Truly in that there is an oath for those who possess understanding.
Is there (not) in these an adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand?
هل في ذلك قسم لذي حجر
Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with Ad,
Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad (people), -
ألم تر كيف فعل ربك بعاد
Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin
(The people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings,
Of the (city of) Iram, with 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 produced in (all) 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 the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley? -
وثمود الذين جابوا الصخر بالواد
Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi
And (with) Firon, the lord of hosts,
And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?
وفرعون ذي الأوتاد
WafirAAawna thee alawtadi
Who committed inordinacy in the cities,
(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,
الذين طغوا في البلاد
Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi
So they made great mischief therein?
And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).
فأكثروا فيها الفساد
Faaktharoo feeha alfasada
Therefore your Lord let down upon them a portion of the chastisement.
Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements:
فصب عليهم ربك سوط عذاب
Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin
Most surely your Lord is watching.
For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch - tower.
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.
Now, as for man, when his Lord trieth him, giving him honour and gifts, then saith he, (puffed up), "My Lord hath 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 trieth him, restricting his subsistence for him, then saith he (in despair), "My Lord hath 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, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!
كلا ۖ بل لا تكرمون اليتيم
Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema
Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor,
Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor! -
ولا تحاضون على طعام المسكين
Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni
And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything) indiscriminately,
And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,
وتأكلون التراث أكلا لما
Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman
And you love wealth with exceeding love.
And ye love wealth with inordinate love!
وتحبون المال حبا جما
Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman
Nay! when the earth is made to crumble to pieces,
Nay! When the earth is pounded 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 thy Lord cometh, and His angels, rank upon rank,
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, that Day, is brought (face to face), - on that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance profit 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: "Ah! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my (Future) Life!"
يقول يا ليتني قدمت لحياتي
Yaqoolu ya laytanee qaddamtu lihayatee
But on that day shall no one chastise with (anything like) His chastisement,
For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict,
فيومئذ لا يعذب عذابه أحد
Fayawmaithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu ahadun
And no one shall bind with (anything like) His binding.
And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.
ولا يوثق وثاقه أحد
Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun
O soul that art at rest!
(To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, 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 thou to thy Lord, - well pleased (thyself), and well - pleasing unto Him!
ارجعي إلى ربك راضية مرضية
IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan
So enter among My servants,
"Enter thou, then, among My devotees!
فادخلي في عبادي
Faodkhulee fee AAibadee
And enter into My garden.
"Yea, enter thou My Heaven!
وادخلي جنتي
Waodkhulee jannatee