Chapter 89, 30 verses
Waalfajri
By the dawn
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والفجر
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the Dawn
Walayalin AAashrin
And [by] ten nights
وليال عشر
And ten nights,
WaalshshafAAi waalwatri
And [by] the even [number] and the odd
والشفع والوتر
And the Even and the Odd,
Waallayli itha yasri
And [by] the night when it passes,
والليل إذا يسر
And the night when it departeth,
Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin
Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?
هل في ذلك قسم لذي حجر
There surely is an oath for thinking man.
Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad -
ألم تر كيف فعل ربك بعاد
Dost thou not consider how thy Lord dealt with (the tribe of) A'ad,
Irama thati alAAimadi
[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,
إرم ذات العماد
With many - columned Iram,
Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi
The likes of whom had never been created in the land?
التي لم يخلق مثلها في البلاد
The like of which was not created in the lands;
Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi
And [with] Thamud, who carved out the rocks in the valley?
وثمود الذين جابوا الصخر بالواد
And with (the tribe of) Thamud, who clove the rocks in the valley;
WafirAAawna thee alawtadi
And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? -
وفرعون ذي الأوتاد
And with Pharaoh, firm of might,
Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi
[All of] whom oppressed within the lands
الذين طغوا في البلاد
Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands,
Faaktharoo feeha alfasada
And increased therein the corruption.
فأكثروا فيها الفساد
And multiplied iniquity therein ?
Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin
So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.
فصب عليهم ربك سوط عذاب
Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment.
Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi
Indeed, your Lord is in observation.
إن ربك لبالمرصاد
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 and [thus] is generous to him and favors him, he says, "My Lord has honored me."
فأما الإنسان إذا ما ابتلاه ربه فأكرمه ونعمه فيقول ربي أكرمن
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 and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated me."
وأما إذا ما ابتلاه فقدر عليه رزقه فيقول ربي أهانن
But whenever He trieth him by straitening his means of life, he saith: My Lord despiseth me.
Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema
No! But you do not honor the orphan
كلا ۖ بل لا تكرمون اليتيم
Nay, but ye (for your part) honour not the orphan
Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni
And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.
ولا تحاضون على طعام المسكين
And urge not on the feeding of the poor.
Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman
And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,
وتأكلون التراث أكلا لما
And ye devour heritages with devouring greed.
Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman
And you love wealth with immense love.
وتحبون المال حبا جما
And love wealth with abounding love.
Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan
No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed -
كلا إذا دكت الأرض دكا دكا
Nay, but when the earth is ground to atoms, grinding, grinding,
Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan
And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon rank,
وجاء ربك والملك صفا صفا
And thy Lord shall come with angels, rank on rank,
Wajeea yawmaithin bijahannama yawmaithin yatathakkaru alinsanu waanna lahu alththikra
And brought [within view], that Day, is Hell - that Day, man will remember, but what good to him will be the remembrance?
وجيء يومئذ بجهنم ۚ يومئذ يتذكر الإنسان وأنى له الذكرى
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 will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."
يقول يا ليتني قدمت لحياتي
He will say: Ah, would that I had sent before me (some provision) for my life!
Fayawmaithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu ahadun
So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment,
فيومئذ لا يعذب عذابه أحد
None punisheth as He will punish on that day!
Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun
And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers].
ولا يوثق وثاقه أحد
None bindeth as He then will bind.
Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu
[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,
يا أيتها النفس المطمئنة
But ah! thou soul at peace!
IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan
Return to your Lord, well - pleased and pleasing [to Him],
ارجعي إلى ربك راضية مرضية
Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure!
Faodkhulee fee AAibadee
And enter among My [righteous] servants
فادخلي في عبادي
Enter thou among My bondmen!
Waodkhulee jannatee
And enter My Paradise."
وادخلي جنتي
Enter thou My Garden!