Chapter 89, 30 verses
Waalfajri
By the break of Day
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والفجر
Walayalin AAashrin
By the Nights twice five;
وليال عشر
WaalshshafAAi waalwatri
By the even and odd (contrasted);
والشفع والوتر
Waallayli itha yasri
And by the Night when it passeth away; -
والليل إذا يسر
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
Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin
Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad (people), -
ألم تر كيف فعل ربك بعاد
Irama thati alAAimadi
Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,
إرم ذات العماد
Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi
The like of which were not produced in (all) the land?
التي لم يخلق مثلها في البلاد
Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi
And with the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley? -
وثمود الذين جابوا الصخر بالواد
WafirAAawna thee alawtadi
And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?
وفرعون ذي الأوتاد
Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi
(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,
الذين طغوا في البلاد
Faaktharoo feeha alfasada
And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).
فأكثروا فيها الفساد
Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin
Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements:
فصب عليهم ربك سوط عذاب
Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi
For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch - tower.
إن ربك لبالمرصاد
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
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
Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema
Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!
كلا ۖ بل لا تكرمون اليتيم
Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni
Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor! -
ولا تحاضون على طعام المسكين
Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman
And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,
وتأكلون التراث أكلا لما
Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman
And ye love wealth with inordinate love!
وتحبون المال حبا جما
Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan
Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,
كلا إذا دكت الأرض دكا دكا
Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan
And thy Lord cometh, and His angels, rank upon rank,
وجاء ربك والملك صفا صفا
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
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
Fayawmaithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu ahadun
For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict,
فيومئذ لا يعذب عذابه أحد
Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun
And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.
ولا يوثق وثاقه أحد
Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu
(To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction!
يا أيتها النفس المطمئنة
IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan
"Come back thou to thy Lord, - well pleased (thyself), and well - pleasing unto Him!
ارجعي إلى ربك راضية مرضية
Faodkhulee fee AAibadee
"Enter thou, then, among My devotees!
فادخلي في عبادي
Waodkhulee jannatee
"Yea, enter thou My Heaven!
وادخلي جنتي