Chapter 89, 30 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the dawn;
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والفجر
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the Dawn
By the ten nights (i.e. the first ten days of the month of Dhul-Hijjah) ,
وليال عشر
And ten nights,
And by the even and the odd (of all the creations of Allah).
والشفع والوتر
And the Even and the Odd,
And by the night when it departs.
والليل إذا يسر
And the night when it departeth,
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)!
هل في ذلك قسم لذي حجر
There surely is an oath for thinking man.
Saw you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) not how your Lord dealt with 'Ad (people)
ألم تر كيف فعل ربك بعاد
Dost thou not consider how thy Lord dealt with (the tribe of) A'ad,
Of Iram (who were very tall) like (lofty) pillars,
إرم ذات العماد
With many - columned Iram,
The like of which were not created in the land?
التي لم يخلق مثلها في البلاد
The like of which was not created in the lands;
And (with) Thamud (people), who hewed out rocks in the valley (to make dwellings)?
وثمود الذين جابوا الصخر بالواد
And with (the tribe of) Thamud, who clove the rocks in the valley;
And (with) Fir'aun (Pharaoh) who had the stakes (to torture men by binding them to the stakes)?
وفرعون ذي الأوتاد
And with Pharaoh, firm of might,
Who did transgress beyond bounds in the lands (in the disobedience of Allah).
الذين طغوا في البلاد
Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands,
And made therein much mischief.
فأكثروا فيها الفساد
And multiplied iniquity therein ?
So your Lord poured on them different kinds of severe torment.
فصب عليهم ربك سوط عذاب
Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment.
Verily, your Lord is Ever Watchful (over them).
إن ربك لبالمرصاد
Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful.
As for man, when his Lord tries him by giving him honour and bounties, then he says (in exultation): "My Lord has honoured me."
فأما الإنسان إذا ما ابتلاه ربه فأكرمه ونعمه فيقول ربي أكرمن
As for man, whenever his Lord trieth him by honouring him, and is gracious unto him, he saith: My Lord honoureth me.
But when He tries him by straitening his means of life, he says: "My Lord has humiliated me!"
وأما إذا ما ابتلاه فقدر عليه رزقه فيقول ربي أهانن
But whenever He trieth him by straitening his means of life, he saith: My Lord despiseth me.
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)!
كلا ۖ بل لا تكرمون اليتيم
Nay, but ye (for your part) honour not the orphan
And urge not one another on the feeding of Al-Miskin (the poor)!
ولا تحاضون على طعام المسكين
And urge not on the feeding of the poor.
And you devour the inheritance all with greed.
وتأكلون التراث أكلا لما
And ye devour heritages with devouring greed.
And you love wealth with much love.
وتحبون المال حبا جما
And love wealth with abounding love.
Nay! When the earth is ground to powder.
كلا إذا دكت الأرض دكا دكا
Nay, but when the earth is ground to atoms, grinding, grinding,
And your Lord comes with the angels in rows.
وجاء ربك والملك صفا صفا
And thy Lord shall come with angels, rank on rank,
And Hell will be brought near that Day. On that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance (then) avail him?
وجيء يومئذ بجهنم ۚ يومئذ يتذكر الإنسان وأنى له الذكرى
And hell is brought near that day; on that day man will remember, but how will the remembrance (then avail him) ?
He will say: "Alas! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my life!"
يقول يا ليتني قدمت لحياتي
He will say: Ah, would that I had sent before me (some provision) for my life!
So on that Day none will punish as He will punish.
فيومئذ لا يعذب عذابه أحد
None punisheth as He will punish on that day!
And none will bind (the wicked, disbelievers and polytheists) as He will bind.
ولا يوثق وثاقه أحد
None bindeth as He then will bind.
(It will be said to the pious believers of Islamic Monotheism): "O (you) the one in (complete) rest and satisfaction!
يا أيتها النفس المطمئنة
But ah! thou soul at peace!
"Come back to your Lord well-pleased (yourself) and well-pleasing (unto Him)!
ارجعي إلى ربك راضية مرضية
Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure!
"Enter you then among My (honoured) slaves,
فادخلي في عبادي
Enter thou among My bondmen!
"And enter you My Paradise!"
وادخلي جنتي
Enter thou My Garden!