Chapter 89, 30 verses
Waalfajri
I swear by the daybreak,
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the dawn;
وَٱلْفَجْرِ
Walayalin AAashrin
And the ten nights,
By the ten nights (i.e. the first ten days of the month of Dhul-Hijjah) ,
وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ
WaalshshafAAi waalwatri
And the even and the odd,
And by the even and the odd (of all the creations of Allah).
وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ
Waallayli itha yasri
And the night when it departs.
And by the night when it departs.
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ
Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin
Truly in that there is an oath for those who possess understanding.
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)!
هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ
Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with Ad,
Saw you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) not how your Lord dealt with 'Ad (people)
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
Irama thati alAAimadi
(The people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings,
Of Iram (who were very tall) like (lofty) pillars,
إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ
Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi
The like of which were not created in the (other) cities;
The like of which were not created in the land?
ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ
Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi
And (with) Samood, who hewed out the rocks in the valley,
And (with) Thamud (people), who hewed out rocks in the valley (to make dwellings)?
وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ
WafirAAawna thee alawtadi
And (with) Firon, the lord of hosts,
And (with) Fir'aun (Pharaoh) who had the stakes (to torture men by binding them to the stakes)?
وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ
Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi
Who committed inordinacy in the cities,
Who did transgress beyond bounds in the lands (in the disobedience of Allah).
ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ
Faaktharoo feeha alfasada
So they made great mischief therein?
And made therein much mischief.
فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ
Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin
Therefore your Lord let down upon them a portion of the chastisement.
So your Lord poured on them different kinds of severe torment.
فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ
Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi
Most surely your Lord is watching.
Verily, your Lord is Ever Watchful (over them).
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ
Faamma alinsanu itha ma ibtalahu rabbuhu faakramahu wanaAAAAamahu fayaqoolu rabbee akramani
And as for man, when his Lord tries him, then treats him with honor and makes him lead an easy life, he says: My Lord honors 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."
فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ
Waamma itha ma ibtalahu faqadara AAalayhi rizqahu fayaqoolu rabbee ahanani
But when He tries him (differently), then straitens to him his means of subsistence, he says: My Lord has disgraced me.
But when He tries him by straitening his means of life, he says: "My Lord has humiliated me!"
وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَٰنَنِ
Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema
Nay! 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)!
كَلَّا بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ
Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni
Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor,
And urge not one another on the feeding of Al-Miskin (the poor)!
وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ
Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman
And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything) indiscriminately,
And you devour the inheritance all with greed.
وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا
Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman
And you love wealth with exceeding love.
And you love wealth with much love.
وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا
Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan
Nay! when the earth is made to crumble to pieces,
Nay! When the earth is ground to powder.
كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا
Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan
And your Lord comes and (also) the angels in ranks,
And your Lord comes with the angels in rows.
وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا
Wajeea yawmaithin bijahannama yawmaithin yatathakkaru alinsanu waanna lahu alththikra
And hell is made to appear on that day. On that day shall man be mindful, and what shall being mindful (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?
وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ
Yaqoolu ya laytanee qaddamtu lihayatee
He shall say: O! would that I had sent before for (this) my life!
He will say: "Alas! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my life!"
يَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى
Fayawmaithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu ahadun
But on that day shall no one chastise with (anything like) His chastisement,
So on that Day none will punish as He will punish.
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun
And no one shall bind with (anything like) His binding.
And none will bind (the wicked, disbelievers and polytheists) as He will bind.
وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu
O soul that art at rest!
(It will be said to the pious believers of Islamic Monotheism): "O (you) the one in (complete) rest and satisfaction!
يَٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ
IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan
Return to your Lord, well - pleased (with him), well - pleasing (Him),
"Come back to your Lord well-pleased (yourself) and well-pleasing (unto Him)!
ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً
Faodkhulee fee AAibadee
So enter among My servants,
"Enter you then among My (honoured) slaves,
فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَٰدِى
Waodkhulee jannatee
And enter into My garden.
"And enter you My Paradise!"
وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى