Chapter 89, 30 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the dawn;
I swear by the daybreak,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والفجر
Waalfajri
By the ten nights (i.e. the first ten days of the month of Dhul-Hijjah) ,
And the ten nights,
وليال عشر
Walayalin AAashrin
And by the even and the odd (of all the creations of Allah).
And the even and the odd,
والشفع والوتر
WaalshshafAAi waalwatri
And by the night when it departs.
And the night when it departs.
والليل إذا يسر
Waallayli itha yasri
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.
هل في ذلك قسم لذي حجر
Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin
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,
ألم تر كيف فعل ربك بعاد
Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin
Of Iram (who were very tall) like (lofty) pillars,
(The people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings,
إرم ذات العماد
Irama thati alAAimadi
The like of which were not created in the land?
The like of which were not created in the (other) cities;
التي لم يخلق مثلها في البلاد
Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi
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,
وثمود الذين جابوا الصخر بالواد
Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi
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,
وفرعون ذي الأوتاد
WafirAAawna thee alawtadi
Who did transgress beyond bounds in the lands (in the disobedience of Allah).
Who committed inordinacy in the cities,
الذين طغوا في البلاد
Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi
And made therein much mischief.
So they made great mischief therein?
فأكثروا فيها الفساد
Faaktharoo feeha alfasada
So your Lord poured on them different kinds of severe torment.
Therefore your Lord let down upon them a portion of the chastisement.
فصب عليهم ربك سوط عذاب
Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin
Verily, your Lord is Ever Watchful (over them).
Most surely your Lord is watching.
إن ربك لبالمرصاد
Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi
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.
فأما الإنسان إذا ما ابتلاه ربه فأكرمه ونعمه فيقول ربي أكرمن
Faamma alinsanu itha ma ibtalahu rabbuhu faakramahu wanaAAAAamahu fayaqoolu rabbee akramani
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.
وأما إذا ما ابتلاه فقدر عليه رزقه فيقول ربي أهانن
Waamma itha ma ibtalahu faqadara AAalayhi rizqahu fayaqoolu rabbee ahanani
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,
كلا ۖ بل لا تكرمون اليتيم
Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema
And urge not one another on the feeding of Al-Miskin (the poor)!
Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor,
ولا تحاضون على طعام المسكين
Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni
And you devour the inheritance all with greed.
And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything) indiscriminately,
وتأكلون التراث أكلا لما
Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman
And you love wealth with much love.
And you love wealth with exceeding love.
وتحبون المال حبا جما
Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman
Nay! When the earth is ground to powder.
Nay! when the earth is made to crumble to pieces,
كلا إذا دكت الأرض دكا دكا
Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan
And your Lord comes with the angels in rows.
And your Lord comes and (also) the angels in ranks,
وجاء ربك والملك صفا صفا
Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan
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?
وجيء يومئذ بجهنم ۚ يومئذ يتذكر الإنسان وأنى له الذكرى
Wajeea yawmaithin bijahannama yawmaithin yatathakkaru alinsanu waanna lahu alththikra
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!
يقول يا ليتني قدمت لحياتي
Yaqoolu ya laytanee qaddamtu lihayatee
So on that Day none will punish as He will punish.
But on that day shall no one chastise with (anything like) His chastisement,
فيومئذ لا يعذب عذابه أحد
Fayawmaithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu ahadun
And none will bind (the wicked, disbelievers and polytheists) as He will bind.
And no one shall bind with (anything like) His binding.
ولا يوثق وثاقه أحد
Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun
(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!
يا أيتها النفس المطمئنة
Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu
"Come back to your Lord well-pleased (yourself) and well-pleasing (unto Him)!
Return to your Lord, well - pleased (with him), well - pleasing (Him),
ارجعي إلى ربك راضية مرضية
IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan
"Enter you then among My (honoured) slaves,
So enter among My servants,
فادخلي في عبادي
Faodkhulee fee AAibadee
"And enter you My Paradise!"
And enter into My garden.
وادخلي جنتي
Waodkhulee jannatee