Chapter 89, 30 verses
Waalfajri
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالْفَجْرِ
By the break of Day
وَٱلْفَجْرِ
Walayalin AAashrin
وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ
By the Nights twice five;
وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ
WaalshshafAAi waalwatri
وَالشَّفْعِ وَالْوَتْرِ
By the even and odd (contrasted);
وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ
Waallayli itha yasri
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ
And by the Night when it passeth away; -
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ
Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin
هَلْ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِي حِجْرٍ
Is there (not) in these an adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand?
هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ
Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad (people), -
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
Irama thati alAAimadi
إِرَمَ ذَاتِ الْعِمَادِ
Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,
إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ
Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi
الَّتِي لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِي الْبِلَادِ
The like of which were not produced in (all) the land?
ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ
Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi
وَثَمُودَ الَّذِينَ جَابُوا الصَّخْرَ بِالْوَادِ
And with the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley? -
وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ
WafirAAawna thee alawtadi
وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِي الْأَوْتَادِ
And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?
وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ
Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi
الَّذِينَ طَغَوْا فِي الْبِلَادِ
(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,
ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ
Faaktharoo feeha alfasada
فَأَكْثَرُوا فِيهَا الْفَسَادَ
And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).
فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ
Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin
فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ
Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements:
فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ
Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِالْمِرْصَادِ
For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch - tower.
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ
Faamma alinsanu itha ma ibtalahu rabbuhu faakramahu wanaAAAAamahu fayaqoolu rabbee akramani
فَأَمَّا الْإِنسَانُ إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ رَبُّهُ فَأَكْرَمَهُ وَنَعَّمَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَكْرَمَنِ
Now, as for man, when his Lord trieth him, giving him honour and gifts, then saith he, (puffed up), "My Lord hath honoured me."
فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ
Waamma itha ma ibtalahu faqadara AAalayhi rizqahu fayaqoolu rabbee ahanani
وَأَمَّا إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَهَانَنِ
But when He trieth him, restricting his subsistence for him, then saith he (in despair), "My Lord hath humiliated me!"
وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَٰنَنِ
Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema
كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ الْيَتِيمَ
Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!
كَلَّا بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ
Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni
وَلَا تَحَاضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ
Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor! -
وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ
Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman
وَتَأْكُلُونَ التُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا
And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,
وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا
Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman
وَتُحِبُّونَ الْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا
And ye love wealth with inordinate love!
وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا
Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan
كَلَّا إِذَا دُكَّتِ الْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا
Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,
كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا
Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan
وَجَاءَ رَبُّكَ وَالْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا
And thy Lord cometh, and His angels, rank upon rank,
وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا
Wajeea yawmaithin bijahannama yawmaithin yatathakkaru alinsanu waanna lahu alththikra
وَجِيءَ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنسَانُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ الذِّكْرَىٰ
And Hell, that Day, is brought (face to face), - on that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance profit him?
وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ
Yaqoolu ya laytanee qaddamtu lihayatee
يَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِي
He will say: "Ah! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my (Future) Life!"
يَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى
Fayawmaithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu ahadun
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُ أَحَدٌ
For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict,
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun
وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُ أَحَدٌ
And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.
وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu
يَا أَيَّتُهَا النَّفْسُ الْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ
(To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction!
يَٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ
IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan
ارْجِعِي إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً
"Come back thou to thy Lord, - well pleased (thyself), and well - pleasing unto Him!
ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً
Faodkhulee fee AAibadee
فَادْخُلِي فِي عِبَادِي
"Enter thou, then, among My devotees!
فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَٰدِى
Waodkhulee jannatee
وَادْخُلِي جَنَّتِي
"Yea, enter thou My Heaven!
وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى