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
Waalfajri
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والفجر
By the ten nights (i.e. the first ten days of the month of Dhul-Hijjah) ,
And ten nights,
Walayalin AAashrin
وليال عشر
And by the even and the odd (of all the creations of Allah).
And the Even and the Odd,
WaalshshafAAi waalwatri
والشفع والوتر
And by the night when it departs.
And the night when it departeth,
Waallayli itha yasri
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.
Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin
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,
Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin
ألم تر كيف فعل ربك بعاد
Of Iram (who were very tall) like (lofty) pillars,
With many - columned Iram,
Irama thati alAAimadi
إرم ذات العماد
The like of which were not created in the land?
The like of which was not created in the lands;
Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi
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;
Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi
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,
WafirAAawna thee alawtadi
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,
Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi
الذين طغوا في البلاد
And made therein much mischief.
And multiplied iniquity therein ?
Faaktharoo feeha alfasada
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.
Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin
فصب عليهم ربك سوط عذاب
Verily, your Lord is Ever Watchful (over them).
Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful.
Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi
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.
Faamma alinsanu itha ma ibtalahu rabbuhu faakramahu wanaAAAAamahu fayaqoolu rabbee akramani
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.
Waamma itha ma ibtalahu faqadara AAalayhi rizqahu fayaqoolu rabbee ahanani
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
Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema
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.
Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni
ولا تحاضون على طعام المسكين
And you devour the inheritance all with greed.
And ye devour heritages with devouring greed.
Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman
وتأكلون التراث أكلا لما
And you love wealth with much love.
And love wealth with abounding love.
Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman
وتحبون المال حبا جما
Nay! When the earth is ground to powder.
Nay, but when the earth is ground to atoms, grinding, grinding,
Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan
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,
Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan
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) ?
Wajeea yawmaithin bijahannama yawmaithin yatathakkaru alinsanu waanna lahu alththikra
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!
Yaqoolu ya laytanee qaddamtu lihayatee
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!
Fayawmaithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu ahadun
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.
Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun
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!
Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu
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!
IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan
ارجعي إلى ربك راضية مرضية
"Enter you then among My (honoured) slaves,
Enter thou among My bondmen!
Faodkhulee fee AAibadee
فادخلي في عبادي
"And enter you My Paradise!"
Enter thou My Garden!
Waodkhulee jannatee
وادخلي جنتي