Chapter 89, 30 verses
Waalfajri
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والفجر
By the dawn
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the Dawn
Walayalin AAashrin
وليال عشر
And [by] ten nights
And ten nights,
WaalshshafAAi waalwatri
والشفع والوتر
And [by] the even [number] and the odd
And the Even and the Odd,
Waallayli itha yasri
والليل إذا يسر
And [by] the night when it passes,
And the night when it departeth,
Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin
هل في ذلك قسم لذي حجر
Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?
There surely is an oath for thinking man.
Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin
ألم تر كيف فعل ربك بعاد
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad -
Dost thou not consider how thy Lord dealt with (the tribe of) A'ad,
Irama thati alAAimadi
إرم ذات العماد
[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,
With many - columned Iram,
Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi
التي لم يخلق مثلها في البلاد
The likes of whom had never been created in the land?
The like of which was not created in the lands;
Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi
وثمود الذين جابوا الصخر بالواد
And [with] Thamud, who carved out the rocks in the valley?
And with (the tribe of) Thamud, who clove the rocks in the valley;
WafirAAawna thee alawtadi
وفرعون ذي الأوتاد
And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? -
And with Pharaoh, firm of might,
Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi
الذين طغوا في البلاد
[All of] whom oppressed within the lands
Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands,
Faaktharoo feeha alfasada
فأكثروا فيها الفساد
And increased therein the corruption.
And multiplied iniquity therein ?
Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin
فصب عليهم ربك سوط عذاب
So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.
Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment.
Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi
إن ربك لبالمرصاد
Indeed, your Lord is in observation.
Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful.
Faamma alinsanu itha ma ibtalahu rabbuhu faakramahu wanaAAAAamahu fayaqoolu rabbee akramani
فأما الإنسان إذا ما ابتلاه ربه فأكرمه ونعمه فيقول ربي أكرمن
And as for man, when his Lord tries him and [thus] is generous to him and favors him, he says, "My Lord has honored me."
As for man, whenever his Lord trieth him by honouring him, and is gracious unto him, he saith: My Lord honoureth me.
Waamma itha ma ibtalahu faqadara AAalayhi rizqahu fayaqoolu rabbee ahanani
وأما إذا ما ابتلاه فقدر عليه رزقه فيقول ربي أهانن
But when He tries him and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated me."
But whenever He trieth him by straitening his means of life, he saith: My Lord despiseth me.
Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema
كلا ۖ بل لا تكرمون اليتيم
No! But you do not honor the orphan
Nay, but ye (for your part) honour not the orphan
Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni
ولا تحاضون على طعام المسكين
And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.
And urge not on the feeding of the poor.
Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman
وتأكلون التراث أكلا لما
And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,
And ye devour heritages with devouring greed.
Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman
وتحبون المال حبا جما
And you love wealth with immense love.
And love wealth with abounding love.
Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan
كلا إذا دكت الأرض دكا دكا
No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed -
Nay, but when the earth is ground to atoms, grinding, grinding,
Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan
وجاء ربك والملك صفا صفا
And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon rank,
And thy Lord shall come with angels, rank on rank,
Wajeea yawmaithin bijahannama yawmaithin yatathakkaru alinsanu waanna lahu alththikra
وجيء يومئذ بجهنم ۚ يومئذ يتذكر الإنسان وأنى له الذكرى
And brought [within view], that Day, is Hell - that Day, man will remember, but what good to him will be the remembrance?
And hell is brought near that day; on that day man will remember, but how will the remembrance (then avail him) ?
Yaqoolu ya laytanee qaddamtu lihayatee
يقول يا ليتني قدمت لحياتي
He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."
He will say: Ah, would that I had sent before me (some provision) for my life!
Fayawmaithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu ahadun
فيومئذ لا يعذب عذابه أحد
So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment,
None punisheth as He will punish on that day!
Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun
ولا يوثق وثاقه أحد
And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers].
None bindeth as He then will bind.
Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu
يا أيتها النفس المطمئنة
[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,
But ah! thou soul at peace!
IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan
ارجعي إلى ربك راضية مرضية
Return to your Lord, well - pleased and pleasing [to Him],
Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure!
Faodkhulee fee AAibadee
فادخلي في عبادي
And enter among My [righteous] servants
Enter thou among My bondmen!
Waodkhulee jannatee
وادخلي جنتي
And enter My Paradise."
Enter thou My Garden!