Chapter 89, 30 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the dawn;
Waalfajri
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والفجر
وَٱلْفَجْرِ
By the ten nights (i.e. the first ten days of the month of Dhul-Hijjah) ,
Walayalin AAashrin
وليال عشر
وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ
And by the even and the odd (of all the creations of Allah).
WaalshshafAAi waalwatri
والشفع والوتر
وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ
And by the night when it departs.
Waallayli itha yasri
والليل إذا يسر
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ
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)!
Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin
هل في ذلك قسم لذي حجر
هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ
Saw you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) not how your Lord dealt with 'Ad (people)
Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin
ألم تر كيف فعل ربك بعاد
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
Of Iram (who were very tall) like (lofty) pillars,
Irama thati alAAimadi
إرم ذات العماد
إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ
The like of which were not created in the land?
Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi
التي لم يخلق مثلها في البلاد
ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ
And (with) Thamud (people), who hewed out rocks in the valley (to make dwellings)?
Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi
وثمود الذين جابوا الصخر بالواد
وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ
And (with) Fir'aun (Pharaoh) who had the stakes (to torture men by binding them to the stakes)?
WafirAAawna thee alawtadi
وفرعون ذي الأوتاد
وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ
Who did transgress beyond bounds in the lands (in the disobedience of Allah).
Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi
الذين طغوا في البلاد
ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ
And made therein much mischief.
Faaktharoo feeha alfasada
فأكثروا فيها الفساد
فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ
So your Lord poured on them different kinds of severe torment.
Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin
فصب عليهم ربك سوط عذاب
فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ
Verily, your Lord is Ever Watchful (over them).
Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi
إن ربك لبالمرصاد
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ
As for man, when his Lord tries him by giving him honour and bounties, then he says (in exultation): "My Lord has honoured me."
Faamma alinsanu itha ma ibtalahu rabbuhu faakramahu wanaAAAAamahu fayaqoolu rabbee akramani
فأما الإنسان إذا ما ابتلاه ربه فأكرمه ونعمه فيقول ربي أكرمن
فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ
But when He tries him by straitening his means of life, he says: "My Lord has humiliated me!"
Waamma itha ma ibtalahu faqadara AAalayhi rizqahu fayaqoolu rabbee ahanani
وأما إذا ما ابتلاه فقدر عليه رزقه فيقول ربي أهانن
وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَٰنَنِ
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)!
Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema
كلا ۖ بل لا تكرمون اليتيم
كَلَّا بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ
And urge not one another on the feeding of Al-Miskin (the poor)!
Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni
ولا تحاضون على طعام المسكين
وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ
And you devour the inheritance all with greed.
Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman
وتأكلون التراث أكلا لما
وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا
And you love wealth with much love.
Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman
وتحبون المال حبا جما
وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا
Nay! When the earth is ground to powder.
Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan
كلا إذا دكت الأرض دكا دكا
كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا
And your Lord comes with the angels in rows.
Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan
وجاء ربك والملك صفا صفا
وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا
And Hell will be brought near that Day. On that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance (then) avail him?
Wajeea yawmaithin bijahannama yawmaithin yatathakkaru alinsanu waanna lahu alththikra
وجيء يومئذ بجهنم ۚ يومئذ يتذكر الإنسان وأنى له الذكرى
وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ
He will say: "Alas! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my life!"
Yaqoolu ya laytanee qaddamtu lihayatee
يقول يا ليتني قدمت لحياتي
يَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى
So on that Day none will punish as He will punish.
Fayawmaithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu ahadun
فيومئذ لا يعذب عذابه أحد
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
And none will bind (the wicked, disbelievers and polytheists) as He will bind.
Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun
ولا يوثق وثاقه أحد
وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
(It will be said to the pious believers of Islamic Monotheism): "O (you) the one in (complete) rest and satisfaction!
Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu
يا أيتها النفس المطمئنة
يَٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ
"Come back to your Lord well-pleased (yourself) and well-pleasing (unto Him)!
IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan
ارجعي إلى ربك راضية مرضية
ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً
"Enter you then among My (honoured) slaves,
Faodkhulee fee AAibadee
فادخلي في عبادي
فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَٰدِى
"And enter you My Paradise!"
Waodkhulee jannatee
وادخلي جنتي
وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى