Chapter 89, 30 verses
Waalfajri
By the dawn
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the dawn;
وَٱلْفَجْرِ
Walayalin AAashrin
And [by] ten nights
By the ten nights (i.e. the first ten days of the month of Dhul-Hijjah) ,
وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ
WaalshshafAAi waalwatri
And [by] the even [number] and the odd
And by the even and the odd (of all the creations of Allah).
وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ
Waallayli itha yasri
And [by] the night when it passes,
And by the night when it departs.
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ
Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin
Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?
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 'Aad -
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
[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,
Of Iram (who were very tall) like (lofty) pillars,
إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ
Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi
The likes of whom had never been created in the land?
The like of which were not created in the land?
ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ
Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi
And [with] Thamud, who carved 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] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? -
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
[All of] whom oppressed within the lands
Who did transgress beyond bounds in the lands (in the disobedience of Allah).
ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ
Faaktharoo feeha alfasada
And increased therein the corruption.
And made therein much mischief.
فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ
Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin
So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.
So your Lord poured on them different kinds of severe torment.
فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ
Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi
Indeed, your Lord is in observation.
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 and [thus] is generous to him and favors him, he says, "My Lord has honored 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 and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated 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
No! 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
And you do not encourage 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 consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,
And you devour the inheritance all with greed.
وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا
Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman
And you love wealth with immense love.
And you love wealth with much love.
وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا
Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan
No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed -
Nay! When the earth is ground to powder.
كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا
Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan
And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon rank,
And your Lord comes with the angels in rows.
وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا
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?
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 will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for 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
So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment,
So on that Day none will punish as He will punish.
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun
And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers].
And none will bind (the wicked, disbelievers and polytheists) as He will bind.
وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu
[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,
(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 and pleasing [to Him],
"Come back to your Lord well-pleased (yourself) and well-pleasing (unto Him)!
ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً
Faodkhulee fee AAibadee
And enter among My [righteous] servants
"Enter you then among My (honoured) slaves,
فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَٰدِى
Waodkhulee jannatee
And enter My Paradise."
"And enter you My Paradise!"
وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى