Chapter 89, 30 verses
Waalfajri
By the dawn
By the break of Day
I swear by the daybreak,
Walayalin AAashrin
And [by] ten nights
By the Nights twice five;
And the ten nights,
WaalshshafAAi waalwatri
And [by] the even [number] and the odd
By the even and odd (contrasted);
And the even and the odd,
Waallayli itha yasri
And [by] the night when it passes,
And by the Night when it passeth away; -
And the night when it departs.
Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin
Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?
Is there (not) in these an adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand?
Truly in that there is an oath for those who possess understanding.
Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad -
Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad (people), -
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with Ad,
Irama thati alAAimadi
[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,
Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,
(The people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings,
Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi
The likes of whom had never been created in the land?
The like of which were not produced in (all) the land?
The like of which were not created in the (other) cities;
Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi
And [with] Thamud, who carved out the rocks in the valley?
And with the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley? -
And (with) Samood, who hewed out the rocks in the valley,
WafirAAawna thee alawtadi
And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? -
And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?
And (with) Firon, the lord of hosts,
Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi
[All of] whom oppressed within the lands
(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,
Who committed inordinacy in the cities,
Faaktharoo feeha alfasada
And increased therein the corruption.
And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).
So they made great mischief therein?
Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin
So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.
Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements:
Therefore your Lord let down upon them a portion of the chastisement.
Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi
Indeed, your Lord is in observation.
For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch - tower.
Most surely your Lord is watching.
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."
Now, as for man, when his Lord trieth him, giving him honour and gifts, then saith he, (puffed up), "My Lord hath honoured me."
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.
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 trieth him, restricting his subsistence for him, then saith he (in despair), "My Lord hath humiliated me!"
But when He tries him (differently), then straitens to him his means of subsistence, he says: My Lord has disgraced me.
Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema
No! But you do not honor the orphan
Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!
Nay! but you do not honor the orphan,
Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni
And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.
Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor! -
Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor,
Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman
And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,
And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,
And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything) indiscriminately,
Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman
And you love wealth with immense love.
And ye love wealth with inordinate love!
And you love wealth with exceeding love.
Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan
No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed -
Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,
Nay! when the earth is made to crumble to pieces,
Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan
And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon rank,
And thy Lord cometh, and His angels, rank upon rank,
And your Lord comes and (also) the angels in ranks,
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, that Day, is brought (face to face), - on that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance profit him?
And hell is made to appear on that day. On that day shall man be mindful, and what shall being mindful (then) avail him?
Yaqoolu ya laytanee qaddamtu lihayatee
He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."
He will say: "Ah! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my (Future) Life!"
He shall say: O! would that I had sent before for (this) my life!
Fayawmaithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu ahadun
So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment,
For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict,
But on that day shall no one chastise with (anything like) His chastisement,
Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun
And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers].
And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.
And no one shall bind with (anything like) His binding.
Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu
[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,
(To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction!
O soul that art at rest!
IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan
Return to your Lord, well - pleased and pleasing [to Him],
"Come back thou to thy Lord, - well pleased (thyself), and well - pleasing unto Him!
Return to your Lord, well - pleased (with him), well - pleasing (Him),
Faodkhulee fee AAibadee
And enter among My [righteous] servants
"Enter thou, then, among My devotees!
So enter among My servants,
Waodkhulee jannatee
And enter My Paradise."
"Yea, enter thou My Heaven!
And enter into My garden.