Chapter 89, 30 verses
I swear by the daybreak,
By the break of Day
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالْفَجْرِ
And the ten nights,
By the Nights twice five;
وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ
And the even and the odd,
By the even and odd (contrasted);
وَالشَّفْعِ وَالْوَتْرِ
And the night when it departs.
And by the Night when it passeth away; -
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ
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?
هَلْ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِي حِجْرٍ
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with Ad,
Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad (people), -
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
(The people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings,
Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,
إِرَمَ ذَاتِ الْعِمَادِ
The like of which were not created in the (other) cities;
The like of which were not produced in (all) the land?
الَّتِي لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِي الْبِلَادِ
And (with) Samood, who hewed out the rocks in the valley,
And with the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley? -
وَثَمُودَ الَّذِينَ جَابُوا الصَّخْرَ بِالْوَادِ
And (with) Firon, the lord of hosts,
And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?
وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِي الْأَوْتَادِ
Who committed inordinacy in the cities,
(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,
الَّذِينَ طَغَوْا فِي الْبِلَادِ
So they made great mischief therein?
And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).
فَأَكْثَرُوا فِيهَا الْفَسَادَ
Therefore your Lord let down upon them a portion of the chastisement.
Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements:
فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ
Most surely your Lord is watching.
For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch - tower.
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِالْمِرْصَادِ
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."
فَأَمَّا الْإِنسَانُ إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ رَبُّهُ فَأَكْرَمَهُ وَنَعَّمَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَكْرَمَنِ
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!"
وَأَمَّا إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَهَانَنِ
Nay! but you do not honor the orphan,
Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!
كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ الْيَتِيمَ
Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor,
Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor! -
وَلَا تَحَاضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ
And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything) indiscriminately,
And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,
وَتَأْكُلُونَ التُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا
And you love wealth with exceeding love.
And ye love wealth with inordinate love!
وَتُحِبُّونَ الْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا
Nay! when the earth is made to crumble to pieces,
Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,
كَلَّا إِذَا دُكَّتِ الْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا
And your Lord comes and (also) the angels in ranks,
And thy Lord cometh, and His angels, rank upon rank,
وَجَاءَ رَبُّكَ وَالْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا
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?
وَجِيءَ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنسَانُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ الذِّكْرَىٰ
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!"
يَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِي
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,
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُ أَحَدٌ
And no one shall bind with (anything like) His binding.
And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.
وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُ أَحَدٌ
O soul that art at rest!
(To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction!
يَا أَيَّتُهَا النَّفْسُ الْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ
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!
ارْجِعِي إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً
So enter among My servants,
"Enter thou, then, among My devotees!
فَادْخُلِي فِي عِبَادِي
And enter into My garden.
"Yea, enter thou My Heaven!
وَادْخُلِي جَنَّتِي