Chapter 89, 30 verses
Waalfajri
By the break of Day
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والفجر
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the dawn;
Walayalin AAashrin
By the Nights twice five;
وليال عشر
By the ten nights (i.e. the first ten days of the month of Dhul-Hijjah) ,
WaalshshafAAi waalwatri
By the even and odd (contrasted);
والشفع والوتر
And by the even and the odd (of all the creations of Allah).
Waallayli itha yasri
And by the Night when it passeth away; -
والليل إذا يسر
And by the night when it departs.
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
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)!
Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin
Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad (people), -
ألم تر كيف فعل ربك بعاد
Saw you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) not how your Lord dealt with 'Ad (people)
Irama thati alAAimadi
Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,
إرم ذات العماد
Of Iram (who were very tall) like (lofty) pillars,
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 land?
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) Thamud (people), who hewed out rocks in the valley (to make dwellings)?
WafirAAawna thee alawtadi
And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?
وفرعون ذي الأوتاد
And (with) Fir'aun (Pharaoh) who had the stakes (to torture men by binding them to the stakes)?
Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi
(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,
الذين طغوا في البلاد
Who did transgress beyond bounds in the lands (in the disobedience of Allah).
Faaktharoo feeha alfasada
And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).
فأكثروا فيها الفساد
And made therein much mischief.
Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin
Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements:
فصب عليهم ربك سوط عذاب
So your Lord poured on them different kinds of severe torment.
Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi
For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch - tower.
إن ربك لبالمرصاد
Verily, your Lord is Ever Watchful (over them).
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
As for man, when his Lord tries him by giving him honour and bounties, then he says (in exultation): "My Lord has honoured me."
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 by straitening his means of life, he says: "My Lord has humiliated me!"
Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema
Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!
كلا ۖ بل لا تكرمون اليتيم
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)!
Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni
Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor! -
ولا تحاضون على طعام المسكين
And urge not one another on the feeding of Al-Miskin (the poor)!
Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman
And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,
وتأكلون التراث أكلا لما
And you devour the inheritance all with greed.
Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman
And ye love wealth with inordinate love!
وتحبون المال حبا جما
And you love wealth with much love.
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 ground to powder.
Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan
And thy Lord cometh, and His angels, rank upon rank,
وجاء ربك والملك صفا صفا
And your Lord comes with the angels in rows.
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 will be brought near that Day. On that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance (then) avail him?
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 will say: "Alas! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my life!"
Fayawmaithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu ahadun
For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict,
فيومئذ لا يعذب عذابه أحد
So on that Day none will punish as He will punish.
Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun
And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.
ولا يوثق وثاقه أحد
And none will bind (the wicked, disbelievers and polytheists) as He will bind.
Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu
(To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction!
يا أيتها النفس المطمئنة
(It will be said to the pious believers of Islamic Monotheism): "O (you) the one in (complete) rest and satisfaction!
IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan
"Come back thou to thy Lord, - well pleased (thyself), and well - pleasing unto Him!
ارجعي إلى ربك راضية مرضية
"Come back to your Lord well-pleased (yourself) and well-pleasing (unto Him)!
Faodkhulee fee AAibadee
"Enter thou, then, among My devotees!
فادخلي في عبادي
"Enter you then among My (honoured) slaves,
Waodkhulee jannatee
"Yea, enter thou My Heaven!
وادخلي جنتي
"And enter you My Paradise!"