Chapter 89, 30 verses
Waalfajri
I swear by the daybreak,
By the dawn
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the Dawn
Walayalin AAashrin
And the ten nights,
And [by] ten nights
And ten nights,
WaalshshafAAi waalwatri
And the even and the odd,
And [by] the even [number] and the odd
And the Even and the Odd,
Waallayli itha yasri
And the night when it departs.
And [by] the night when it passes,
And the night when it departeth,
Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin
Truly in that there is an oath for those who possess understanding.
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
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with Ad,
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
(The people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings,
[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,
With many - columned Iram,
Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi
The like of which were not created in the (other) cities;
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
And (with) Samood, who hewed out the rocks in the valley,
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
And (with) Firon, the lord of hosts,
And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? -
And with Pharaoh, firm of might,
Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi
Who committed inordinacy in the cities,
[All of] whom oppressed within the lands
Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands,
Faaktharoo feeha alfasada
So they made great mischief therein?
And increased therein the corruption.
And multiplied iniquity therein ?
Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin
Therefore your Lord let down upon them a portion of the chastisement.
So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.
Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment.
Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi
Most surely your Lord is watching.
Indeed, your Lord is in observation.
Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful.
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.
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
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 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
Nay! but you do not honor the orphan,
No! But you do not honor the orphan
Nay, but ye (for your part) honour not the orphan
Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni
Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor,
And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.
And urge not on the feeding of the poor.
Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman
And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything) indiscriminately,
And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,
And ye devour heritages with devouring greed.
Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman
And you love wealth with exceeding love.
And you love wealth with immense love.
And love wealth with abounding love.
Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan
Nay! when the earth is made to crumble to pieces,
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
And your Lord comes and (also) the angels in ranks,
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
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 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
He shall say: O! would that I had sent before for (this) my life!
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
But on that day shall no one chastise with (anything like) His chastisement,
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
And no one shall bind with (anything like) His binding.
And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers].
None bindeth as He then will bind.
Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu
O soul that art at rest!
[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,
But ah! thou soul at peace!
IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan
Return to your Lord, well - pleased (with him), well - pleasing (Him),
Return to your Lord, well - pleased and pleasing [to Him],
Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure!
Faodkhulee fee AAibadee
So enter among My servants,
And enter among My [righteous] servants
Enter thou among My bondmen!
Waodkhulee jannatee
And enter into My garden.
And enter My Paradise."
Enter thou My Garden!