Chapter 89, 30 verses
Waalfajri
By the break of Day
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the dawn;
I swear by the daybreak,
Walayalin AAashrin
By the Nights twice five;
By the ten nights (i.e. the first ten days of the month of Dhul-Hijjah) ,
And the ten nights,
WaalshshafAAi waalwatri
By the even and odd (contrasted);
And by the even and the odd (of all the creations of Allah).
And the even and the odd,
Waallayli itha yasri
And by the Night when it passeth away; -
And by the night when it departs.
And the night when it departs.
Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin
Is there (not) in these an adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand?
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)!
Truly in that there is an oath for those who possess understanding.
Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin
Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad (people), -
Saw you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) not how your Lord dealt with 'Ad (people)
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with Ad,
Irama thati alAAimadi
Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,
Of Iram (who were very tall) like (lofty) pillars,
(The people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings,
Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi
The like of which were not produced in (all) the land?
The like of which were not created in the land?
The like of which were not created in the (other) cities;
Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi
And with the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley? -
And (with) Thamud (people), who hewed out rocks in the valley (to make dwellings)?
And (with) Samood, who hewed out the rocks in the valley,
WafirAAawna thee alawtadi
And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?
And (with) Fir'aun (Pharaoh) who had the stakes (to torture men by binding them to the stakes)?
And (with) Firon, the lord of hosts,
Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi
(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,
Who did transgress beyond bounds in the lands (in the disobedience of Allah).
Who committed inordinacy in the cities,
Faaktharoo feeha alfasada
And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).
And made therein much mischief.
So they made great mischief therein?
Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin
Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements:
So your Lord poured on them different kinds of severe torment.
Therefore your Lord let down upon them a portion of the chastisement.
Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi
For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch - tower.
Verily, your Lord is Ever Watchful (over them).
Most surely your Lord is watching.
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."
As for man, when his Lord tries him by giving him honour and bounties, then he says (in exultation): "My Lord has 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 trieth him, restricting his subsistence for him, then saith he (in despair), "My Lord hath humiliated me!"
But when He tries him by straitening his means of life, he says: "My Lord has 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
Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!
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)!
Nay! but you do not honor the orphan,
Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni
Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor! -
And urge not one another on the feeding of Al-Miskin (the poor)!
Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor,
Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman
And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,
And you devour the inheritance all with greed.
And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything) indiscriminately,
Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman
And ye love wealth with inordinate love!
And you love wealth with much love.
And you love wealth with exceeding love.
Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan
Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,
Nay! When the earth is ground to powder.
Nay! when the earth is made to crumble to pieces,
Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan
And thy Lord cometh, and His angels, rank upon rank,
And your Lord comes with the angels in rows.
And your Lord comes and (also) the angels in ranks,
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?
And Hell will be brought near that Day. On that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance (then) avail 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: "Ah! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my (Future) Life!"
He will say: "Alas! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my life!"
He shall say: O! would that I had sent before for (this) my life!
Fayawmaithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu ahadun
For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict,
So on that Day none will punish as He will punish.
But on that day shall no one chastise with (anything like) His chastisement,
Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun
And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.
And none will bind (the wicked, disbelievers and polytheists) as He will bind.
And no one shall bind with (anything like) His binding.
Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu
(To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction!
(It will be said to the pious believers of Islamic Monotheism): "O (you) the one in (complete) rest and satisfaction!
O soul that art at rest!
IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan
"Come back thou to thy Lord, - well pleased (thyself), and well - pleasing unto Him!
"Come back to your Lord well-pleased (yourself) and well-pleasing (unto Him)!
Return to your Lord, well - pleased (with him), well - pleasing (Him),
Faodkhulee fee AAibadee
"Enter thou, then, among My devotees!
"Enter you then among My (honoured) slaves,
So enter among My servants,
Waodkhulee jannatee
"Yea, enter thou My Heaven!
"And enter you My Paradise!"
And enter into My garden.