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