Chapter 89, 30 verses
Waalfajri
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والفجر
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the Dawn
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the dawn;
Walayalin AAashrin
وليال عشر
And ten nights,
By the ten nights (i.e. the first ten days of the month of Dhul-Hijjah) ,
WaalshshafAAi waalwatri
والشفع والوتر
And the Even and the Odd,
And by the even and the odd (of all the creations of Allah).
Waallayli itha yasri
والليل إذا يسر
And the night when it departeth,
And by the night when it departs.
Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin
هل في ذلك قسم لذي حجر
There surely is an oath for thinking man.
There is indeed in them (the above oaths) sufficient proofs for men of understanding (and that, they should avoid all kinds of sins and disbeliefs)!
Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin
ألم تر كيف فعل ربك بعاد
Dost thou not consider how thy Lord dealt with (the tribe of) A'ad,
Saw you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) not how your Lord dealt with 'Ad (people)
Irama thati alAAimadi
إرم ذات العماد
With many - columned Iram,
Of Iram (who were very tall) like (lofty) pillars,
Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi
التي لم يخلق مثلها في البلاد
The like of which was not created in the lands;
The like of which were not created in the land?
Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi
وثمود الذين جابوا الصخر بالواد
And with (the tribe of) Thamud, who clove the rocks in the valley;
And (with) Thamud (people), who hewed out rocks in the valley (to make dwellings)?
WafirAAawna thee alawtadi
وفرعون ذي الأوتاد
And with Pharaoh, firm of might,
And (with) Fir'aun (Pharaoh) who had the stakes (to torture men by binding them to the stakes)?
Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi
الذين طغوا في البلاد
Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands,
Who did transgress beyond bounds in the lands (in the disobedience of Allah).
Faaktharoo feeha alfasada
فأكثروا فيها الفساد
And multiplied iniquity therein ?
And made therein much mischief.
Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin
فصب عليهم ربك سوط عذاب
Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment.
So your Lord poured on them different kinds of severe torment.
Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi
إن ربك لبالمرصاد
Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful.
Verily, your Lord is Ever Watchful (over them).
Faamma alinsanu itha ma ibtalahu rabbuhu faakramahu wanaAAAAamahu fayaqoolu rabbee akramani
فأما الإنسان إذا ما ابتلاه ربه فأكرمه ونعمه فيقول ربي أكرمن
As for man, whenever his Lord trieth him by honouring him, and is gracious unto him, he saith: My Lord honoureth me.
As for man, when his Lord tries him by giving him honour and bounties, then he says (in exultation): "My Lord has honoured me."
Waamma itha ma ibtalahu faqadara AAalayhi rizqahu fayaqoolu rabbee ahanani
وأما إذا ما ابتلاه فقدر عليه رزقه فيقول ربي أهانن
But whenever He trieth him by straitening his means of life, he saith: My Lord despiseth me.
But when He tries him by straitening his means of life, he says: "My Lord has humiliated me!"
Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema
كلا ۖ بل لا تكرمون اليتيم
Nay, but ye (for your part) honour not the orphan
Nay! But you treat not the orphans with kindness and generosity (i.e. you neither treat them well, nor give them their exact right of inheritance)!
Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni
ولا تحاضون على طعام المسكين
And urge not on the feeding of the poor.
And urge not one another on the feeding of Al-Miskin (the poor)!
Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman
وتأكلون التراث أكلا لما
And ye devour heritages with devouring greed.
And you devour the inheritance all with greed.
Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman
وتحبون المال حبا جما
And love wealth with abounding love.
And you love wealth with much love.
Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan
كلا إذا دكت الأرض دكا دكا
Nay, but when the earth is ground to atoms, grinding, grinding,
Nay! When the earth is ground to powder.
Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan
وجاء ربك والملك صفا صفا
And thy Lord shall come with angels, rank on rank,
And your Lord comes with the angels in rows.
Wajeea yawmaithin bijahannama yawmaithin yatathakkaru alinsanu waanna lahu alththikra
وجيء يومئذ بجهنم ۚ يومئذ يتذكر الإنسان وأنى له الذكرى
And hell is brought near that day; on that day man will remember, but how will the remembrance (then avail him) ?
And Hell will be brought near that Day. On that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance (then) avail him?
Yaqoolu ya laytanee qaddamtu lihayatee
يقول يا ليتني قدمت لحياتي
He will say: Ah, would that I had sent before me (some provision) for my life!
He will say: "Alas! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my life!"
Fayawmaithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu ahadun
فيومئذ لا يعذب عذابه أحد
None punisheth as He will punish on that day!
So on that Day none will punish as He will punish.
Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun
ولا يوثق وثاقه أحد
None bindeth as He then will bind.
And none will bind (the wicked, disbelievers and polytheists) as He will bind.
Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu
يا أيتها النفس المطمئنة
But ah! thou soul at peace!
(It will be said to the pious believers of Islamic Monotheism): "O (you) the one in (complete) rest and satisfaction!
IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan
ارجعي إلى ربك راضية مرضية
Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure!
"Come back to your Lord well-pleased (yourself) and well-pleasing (unto Him)!
Faodkhulee fee AAibadee
فادخلي في عبادي
Enter thou among My bondmen!
"Enter you then among My (honoured) slaves,
Waodkhulee jannatee
وادخلي جنتي
Enter thou My Garden!
"And enter you My Paradise!"