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