Chapter 89, 30 verses
Waalfajri
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the Dawn
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والفجر
Walayalin AAashrin
And ten nights,
وليال عشر
WaalshshafAAi waalwatri
And the Even and the Odd,
والشفع والوتر
Waallayli itha yasri
And the night when it departeth,
والليل إذا يسر
Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin
There surely is an oath for thinking man.
هل في ذلك قسم لذي حجر
Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin
Dost thou not consider how thy Lord dealt with (the tribe of) A'ad,
ألم تر كيف فعل ربك بعاد
Irama thati alAAimadi
With many - columned Iram,
إرم ذات العماد
Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi
The like of which was not created in the lands;
التي لم يخلق مثلها في البلاد
Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi
And with (the tribe of) Thamud, who clove the rocks in the valley;
وثمود الذين جابوا الصخر بالواد
WafirAAawna thee alawtadi
And with Pharaoh, firm of might,
وفرعون ذي الأوتاد
Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi
Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands,
الذين طغوا في البلاد
Faaktharoo feeha alfasada
And multiplied iniquity therein ?
فأكثروا فيها الفساد
Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin
Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment.
فصب عليهم ربك سوط عذاب
Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi
Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful.
إن ربك لبالمرصاد
Faamma alinsanu itha ma ibtalahu rabbuhu faakramahu wanaAAAAamahu fayaqoolu rabbee akramani
As for man, whenever his Lord trieth him by honouring him, and is gracious unto him, he saith: My Lord honoureth me.
فأما الإنسان إذا ما ابتلاه ربه فأكرمه ونعمه فيقول ربي أكرمن
Waamma itha ma ibtalahu faqadara AAalayhi rizqahu fayaqoolu rabbee ahanani
But whenever He trieth him by straitening his means of life, he saith: My Lord despiseth me.
وأما إذا ما ابتلاه فقدر عليه رزقه فيقول ربي أهانن
Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema
Nay, but ye (for your part) honour not the orphan
كلا ۖ بل لا تكرمون اليتيم
Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni
And urge not on the feeding of the poor.
ولا تحاضون على طعام المسكين
Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman
And ye devour heritages with devouring greed.
وتأكلون التراث أكلا لما
Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman
And love wealth with abounding love.
وتحبون المال حبا جما
Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan
Nay, but when the earth is ground to atoms, grinding, grinding,
كلا إذا دكت الأرض دكا دكا
Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan
And thy Lord shall come with angels, rank on rank,
وجاء ربك والملك صفا صفا
Wajeea yawmaithin bijahannama yawmaithin yatathakkaru alinsanu waanna lahu alththikra
And hell is brought near that day; on that day man will remember, but how will the remembrance (then avail him) ?
وجيء يومئذ بجهنم ۚ يومئذ يتذكر الإنسان وأنى له الذكرى
Yaqoolu ya laytanee qaddamtu lihayatee
He will say: Ah, would that I had sent before me (some provision) for my life!
يقول يا ليتني قدمت لحياتي
Fayawmaithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu ahadun
None punisheth as He will punish on that day!
فيومئذ لا يعذب عذابه أحد
Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun
None bindeth as He then will bind.
ولا يوثق وثاقه أحد
Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu
But ah! thou soul at peace!
يا أيتها النفس المطمئنة
IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan
Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure!
ارجعي إلى ربك راضية مرضية
Faodkhulee fee AAibadee
Enter thou among My bondmen!
فادخلي في عبادي
Waodkhulee jannatee
Enter thou My Garden!
وادخلي جنتي