Chapter 89, 30 verses
Waalfajri
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والفجر
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the Dawn
By the break of Day
Walayalin AAashrin
وليال عشر
And ten nights,
By the Nights twice five;
WaalshshafAAi waalwatri
والشفع والوتر
And the Even and the Odd,
By the even and odd (contrasted);
Waallayli itha yasri
والليل إذا يسر
And the night when it departeth,
And by the Night when it passeth away; -
Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin
هل في ذلك قسم لذي حجر
There surely is an oath for thinking man.
Is there (not) in these an adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand?
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,
Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad (people), -
Irama thati alAAimadi
إرم ذات العماد
With many - columned Iram,
Of the (city of) Iram, with 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 produced in (all) 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 the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley? -
WafirAAawna thee alawtadi
وفرعون ذي الأوتاد
And with Pharaoh, firm of might,
And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?
Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi
الذين طغوا في البلاد
Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands,
(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,
Faaktharoo feeha alfasada
فأكثروا فيها الفساد
And multiplied iniquity therein ?
And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).
Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin
فصب عليهم ربك سوط عذاب
Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment.
Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements:
Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi
إن ربك لبالمرصاد
Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful.
For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch - tower.
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.
Now, as for man, when his Lord trieth him, giving him honour and gifts, then saith he, (puffed up), "My Lord hath 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 trieth him, restricting his subsistence for him, then saith he (in despair), "My Lord hath humiliated me!"
Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema
كلا ۖ بل لا تكرمون اليتيم
Nay, but ye (for your part) honour not the orphan
Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!
Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni
ولا تحاضون على طعام المسكين
And urge not on the feeding of the poor.
Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor! -
Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman
وتأكلون التراث أكلا لما
And ye devour heritages with devouring greed.
And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,
Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman
وتحبون المال حبا جما
And love wealth with abounding love.
And ye love wealth with inordinate 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 pounded to powder,
Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan
وجاء ربك والملك صفا صفا
And thy Lord shall come with angels, rank on rank,
And thy Lord cometh, and His angels, rank upon rank,
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, that Day, is brought (face to face), - on that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance profit 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: "Ah! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my (Future) Life!"
Fayawmaithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu ahadun
فيومئذ لا يعذب عذابه أحد
None punisheth as He will punish on that day!
For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict,
Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun
ولا يوثق وثاقه أحد
None bindeth as He then will bind.
And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.
Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu
يا أيتها النفس المطمئنة
But ah! thou soul at peace!
(To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, 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 thou to thy Lord, - well pleased (thyself), and well - pleasing unto Him!
Faodkhulee fee AAibadee
فادخلي في عبادي
Enter thou among My bondmen!
"Enter thou, then, among My devotees!
Waodkhulee jannatee
وادخلي جنتي
Enter thou My Garden!
"Yea, enter thou My Heaven!