Chapter 89, 30 verses
Waalfajri
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the dawn;
By the dawn
Walayalin AAashrin
By the ten nights (i.e. the first ten days of the month of Dhul-Hijjah) ,
And [by] ten nights
WaalshshafAAi waalwatri
And by the even and the odd (of all the creations of Allah).
And [by] the even [number] and the odd
Waallayli itha yasri
And by the night when it departs.
And [by] the night when it passes,
Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin
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)!
Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?
Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin
Saw you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) not how your Lord dealt with 'Ad (people)
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad -
Irama thati alAAimadi
Of Iram (who were very tall) like (lofty) pillars,
[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,
Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi
The like of which were not created in the land?
The likes of whom had never been created in the land?
Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi
And (with) Thamud (people), who hewed out rocks in the valley (to make dwellings)?
And [with] Thamud, who carved out the rocks in the valley?
WafirAAawna thee alawtadi
And (with) Fir'aun (Pharaoh) who had the stakes (to torture men by binding them to the stakes)?
And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? -
Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi
Who did transgress beyond bounds in the lands (in the disobedience of Allah).
[All of] whom oppressed within the lands
Faaktharoo feeha alfasada
And made therein much mischief.
And increased therein the corruption.
Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin
So your Lord poured on them different kinds of severe torment.
So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.
Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi
Verily, your Lord is Ever Watchful (over them).
Indeed, your Lord is in observation.
Faamma alinsanu itha ma ibtalahu rabbuhu faakramahu wanaAAAAamahu fayaqoolu rabbee akramani
As for man, when his Lord tries him by giving him honour and bounties, then he says (in exultation): "My Lord has honoured 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."
Waamma itha ma ibtalahu faqadara AAalayhi rizqahu fayaqoolu rabbee ahanani
But when He tries him by straitening his means of life, he says: "My Lord has humiliated me!"
But when He tries him and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated me."
Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema
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)!
No! But you do not honor the orphan
Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni
And urge not one another on the feeding of Al-Miskin (the poor)!
And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.
Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman
And you devour the inheritance all with greed.
And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,
Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman
And you love wealth with much love.
And you love wealth with immense love.
Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan
Nay! When the earth is ground to powder.
No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed -
Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan
And your Lord comes with the angels in rows.
And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon rank,
Wajeea yawmaithin bijahannama yawmaithin yatathakkaru alinsanu waanna lahu alththikra
And Hell will be brought near that Day. On that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance (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?
Yaqoolu ya laytanee qaddamtu lihayatee
He will say: "Alas! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my life!"
He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."
Fayawmaithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu ahadun
So on that Day none will punish as He will punish.
So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment,
Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun
And none will bind (the wicked, disbelievers and polytheists) as He will bind.
And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers].
Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu
(It will be said to the pious believers of Islamic Monotheism): "O (you) the one in (complete) rest and satisfaction!
[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,
IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan
"Come back to your Lord well-pleased (yourself) and well-pleasing (unto Him)!
Return to your Lord, well - pleased and pleasing [to Him],
Faodkhulee fee AAibadee
"Enter you then among My (honoured) slaves,
And enter among My [righteous] servants
Waodkhulee jannatee
"And enter you My Paradise!"
And enter My Paradise."