Chapter 89, 30 verses
Waalfajri
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والفجر
By the dawn
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the dawn;
Walayalin AAashrin
وليال عشر
And [by] ten nights
By the ten nights (i.e. the first ten days of the month of Dhul-Hijjah) ,
WaalshshafAAi waalwatri
والشفع والوتر
And [by] the even [number] and the odd
And by the even and the odd (of all the creations of Allah).
Waallayli itha yasri
والليل إذا يسر
And [by] the night when it passes,
And by the night when it departs.
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 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
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad -
Saw you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) not how your Lord dealt with 'Ad (people)
Irama thati alAAimadi
إرم ذات العماد
[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,
Of Iram (who were very tall) like (lofty) pillars,
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 were not created in the land?
Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi
وثمود الذين جابوا الصخر بالواد
And [with] Thamud, who carved out 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, owner of the stakes? -
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
[All of] whom oppressed within the lands
Who did transgress beyond bounds in the lands (in the disobedience of Allah).
Faaktharoo feeha alfasada
فأكثروا فيها الفساد
And increased therein the corruption.
And made therein much mischief.
Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin
فصب عليهم ربك سوط عذاب
So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.
So your Lord poured on them different kinds of severe torment.
Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi
إن ربك لبالمرصاد
Indeed, your Lord is in observation.
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
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, 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 when He tries him and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated 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
No! But you do not honor 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 you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.
And urge not one another on the feeding of Al-Miskin (the poor)!
Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman
وتأكلون التراث أكلا لما
And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,
And you devour the inheritance all with greed.
Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman
وتحبون المال حبا جما
And you love wealth with immense love.
And you love wealth with much love.
Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan
كلا إذا دكت الأرض دكا دكا
No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed -
Nay! When the earth is ground to powder.
Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan
وجاء ربك والملك صفا صفا
And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon 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 brought [within view], that Day, is Hell - that Day, man will remember, but what good to him will be the remembrance?
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, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] 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
So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment,
So on that Day none will punish as He will punish.
Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun
ولا يوثق وثاقه أحد
And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers].
And none will bind (the wicked, disbelievers and polytheists) as He will bind.
Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu
يا أيتها النفس المطمئنة
[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,
(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 to your Lord, well - pleased and pleasing [to Him],
"Come back to your Lord well-pleased (yourself) and well-pleasing (unto Him)!
Faodkhulee fee AAibadee
فادخلي في عبادي
And enter among My [righteous] servants
"Enter you then among My (honoured) slaves,
Waodkhulee jannatee
وادخلي جنتي
And enter My Paradise."
"And enter you My Paradise!"