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
By the dawn
By the ten nights (i.e. the first ten days of the month of Dhul-Hijjah) ,
And ten nights,
And [by] ten nights
And by the even and the odd (of all the creations of Allah).
And the Even and the Odd,
And [by] the even [number] and the odd
And by the night when it departs.
And the night when it departeth,
And [by] the night when it passes,
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.
Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?
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,
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad -
Of Iram (who were very tall) like (lofty) pillars,
With many - columned Iram,
[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,
The like of which were not created in the land?
The like of which was not created in the lands;
The likes of whom had never been created in the land?
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;
And [with] Thamud, who carved out the rocks in the valley?
And (with) Fir'aun (Pharaoh) who had the stakes (to torture men by binding them to the stakes)?
And with Pharaoh, firm of might,
And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? -
Who did transgress beyond bounds in the lands (in the disobedience of Allah).
Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands,
[All of] whom oppressed within the lands
And made therein much mischief.
And multiplied iniquity therein ?
And increased therein the corruption.
So your Lord poured on them different kinds of severe torment.
Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment.
So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.
Verily, your Lord is Ever Watchful (over them).
Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful.
Indeed, your Lord is in observation.
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.
And as for man, when his Lord tries him and [thus] is generous to him and favors him, he says, "My Lord has honored me."
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.
But when He tries him and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated 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)!
Nay, but ye (for your part) honour not the orphan
No! But you do not honor the orphan
And urge not one another on the feeding of Al-Miskin (the poor)!
And urge not on the feeding of the poor.
And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.
And you devour the inheritance all with greed.
And ye devour heritages with devouring greed.
And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,
And you love wealth with much love.
And love wealth with abounding love.
And you love wealth with immense love.
Nay! When the earth is ground to powder.
Nay, but when the earth is ground to atoms, grinding, grinding,
No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed -
And your Lord comes with the angels in rows.
And thy Lord shall come with angels, rank on rank,
And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon rank,
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) ?
And brought [within view], that Day, is Hell - that Day, man will remember, but what good to him will be the remembrance?
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!
He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."
So on that Day none will punish as He will punish.
None punisheth as He will punish on that day!
So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment,
And none will bind (the wicked, disbelievers and polytheists) as He will bind.
None bindeth as He then will bind.
And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers].
(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!
[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,
"Come back to your Lord well-pleased (yourself) and well-pleasing (unto Him)!
Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure!
Return to your Lord, well - pleased and pleasing [to Him],
"Enter you then among My (honoured) slaves,
Enter thou among My bondmen!
And enter among My [righteous] servants
"And enter you My Paradise!"
Enter thou My Garden!
And enter My Paradise."