Chapter 89, 30 verses
Waalfajri
By the break of Day
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والفجر
I swear by the daybreak,
وَٱلْفَجْرِ
Walayalin AAashrin
By the Nights twice five;
وليال عشر
And the ten nights,
وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ
WaalshshafAAi waalwatri
By the even and odd (contrasted);
والشفع والوتر
And the even and the odd,
وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ
Waallayli itha yasri
And by the Night when it passeth away; -
والليل إذا يسر
And the night when it departs.
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ
Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin
Is there (not) in these an adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand?
هل في ذلك قسم لذي حجر
Truly in that there is an oath for those who possess understanding.
هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ
Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin
Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad (people), -
ألم تر كيف فعل ربك بعاد
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with Ad,
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
Irama thati alAAimadi
Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,
إرم ذات العماد
(The people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings,
إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ
Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi
The like of which were not produced in (all) the land?
التي لم يخلق مثلها في البلاد
The like of which were not created in the (other) cities;
ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ
Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi
And with the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley? -
وثمود الذين جابوا الصخر بالواد
And (with) Samood, who hewed out the rocks in the valley,
وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ
WafirAAawna thee alawtadi
And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?
وفرعون ذي الأوتاد
And (with) Firon, the lord of hosts,
وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ
Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi
(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,
الذين طغوا في البلاد
Who committed inordinacy in the cities,
ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ
Faaktharoo feeha alfasada
And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).
فأكثروا فيها الفساد
So they made great mischief therein?
فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ
Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin
Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements:
فصب عليهم ربك سوط عذاب
Therefore your Lord let down upon them a portion of the chastisement.
فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ
Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi
For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch - tower.
إن ربك لبالمرصاد
Most surely your Lord is watching.
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ
Faamma alinsanu itha ma ibtalahu rabbuhu faakramahu wanaAAAAamahu fayaqoolu rabbee akramani
Now, as for man, when his Lord trieth him, giving him honour and gifts, then saith he, (puffed up), "My Lord hath honoured me."
فأما الإنسان إذا ما ابتلاه ربه فأكرمه ونعمه فيقول ربي أكرمن
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.
فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ
Waamma itha ma ibtalahu faqadara AAalayhi rizqahu fayaqoolu rabbee ahanani
But when He trieth him, restricting his subsistence for him, then saith he (in despair), "My Lord hath humiliated me!"
وأما إذا ما ابتلاه فقدر عليه رزقه فيقول ربي أهانن
But when He tries him (differently), then straitens to him his means of subsistence, he says: My Lord has disgraced me.
وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَٰنَنِ
Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema
Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!
كلا ۖ بل لا تكرمون اليتيم
Nay! but you do not honor the orphan,
كَلَّا بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ
Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni
Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor! -
ولا تحاضون على طعام المسكين
Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor,
وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ
Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman
And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,
وتأكلون التراث أكلا لما
And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything) indiscriminately,
وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا
Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman
And ye love wealth with inordinate love!
وتحبون المال حبا جما
And you love wealth with exceeding love.
وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا
Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan
Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,
كلا إذا دكت الأرض دكا دكا
Nay! when the earth is made to crumble to pieces,
كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا
Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan
And thy Lord cometh, and His angels, rank upon rank,
وجاء ربك والملك صفا صفا
And your Lord comes and (also) the angels in ranks,
وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا
Wajeea yawmaithin bijahannama yawmaithin yatathakkaru alinsanu waanna lahu alththikra
And Hell, that Day, is brought (face to face), - on that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance profit him?
وجيء يومئذ بجهنم ۚ يومئذ يتذكر الإنسان وأنى له الذكرى
And hell is made to appear on that day. On that day shall man be mindful, and what shall being mindful (then) avail him?
وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ
Yaqoolu ya laytanee qaddamtu lihayatee
He will say: "Ah! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my (Future) Life!"
يقول يا ليتني قدمت لحياتي
He shall say: O! would that I had sent before for (this) my life!
يَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى
Fayawmaithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu ahadun
For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict,
فيومئذ لا يعذب عذابه أحد
But on that day shall no one chastise with (anything like) His chastisement,
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun
And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.
ولا يوثق وثاقه أحد
And no one shall bind with (anything like) His binding.
وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu
(To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction!
يا أيتها النفس المطمئنة
O soul that art at rest!
يَٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ
IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan
"Come back thou to thy Lord, - well pleased (thyself), and well - pleasing unto Him!
ارجعي إلى ربك راضية مرضية
Return to your Lord, well - pleased (with him), well - pleasing (Him),
ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً
Faodkhulee fee AAibadee
"Enter thou, then, among My devotees!
فادخلي في عبادي
So enter among My servants,
فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَٰدِى
Waodkhulee jannatee
"Yea, enter thou My Heaven!
وادخلي جنتي
And enter into My garden.
وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى