Chapter 89, 30 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the dawn;
Waalfajri
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والفجر
By the dawn
By the ten nights (i.e. the first ten days of the month of Dhul-Hijjah) ,
Walayalin AAashrin
وليال عشر
And [by] ten nights
And by the even and the odd (of all the creations of Allah).
WaalshshafAAi waalwatri
والشفع والوتر
And [by] the even [number] and the odd
And by the night when it departs.
Waallayli itha yasri
والليل إذا يسر
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)!
Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin
هل في ذلك قسم لذي حجر
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)
Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin
ألم تر كيف فعل ربك بعاد
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad -
Of Iram (who were very tall) like (lofty) pillars,
Irama thati alAAimadi
إرم ذات العماد
[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,
The like of which were not created in the land?
Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi
التي لم يخلق مثلها في البلاد
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)?
Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi
وثمود الذين جابوا الصخر بالواد
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)?
WafirAAawna thee alawtadi
وفرعون ذي الأوتاد
And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? -
Who did transgress beyond bounds in the lands (in the disobedience of Allah).
Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi
الذين طغوا في البلاد
[All of] whom oppressed within the lands
And made therein much mischief.
Faaktharoo feeha alfasada
فأكثروا فيها الفساد
And increased therein the corruption.
So your Lord poured on them different kinds of severe torment.
Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin
فصب عليهم ربك سوط عذاب
So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.
Verily, your Lord is Ever Watchful (over them).
Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi
إن ربك لبالمرصاد
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."
Faamma alinsanu itha ma ibtalahu rabbuhu faakramahu wanaAAAAamahu fayaqoolu rabbee akramani
فأما الإنسان إذا ما ابتلاه ربه فأكرمه ونعمه فيقول ربي أكرمن
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!"
Waamma itha ma ibtalahu faqadara AAalayhi rizqahu fayaqoolu rabbee ahanani
وأما إذا ما ابتلاه فقدر عليه رزقه فيقول ربي أهانن
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)!
Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema
كلا ۖ بل لا تكرمون اليتيم
No! But you do not honor the orphan
And urge not one another on the feeding of Al-Miskin (the poor)!
Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni
ولا تحاضون على طعام المسكين
And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.
And you devour the inheritance all with greed.
Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman
وتأكلون التراث أكلا لما
And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,
And you love wealth with much love.
Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman
وتحبون المال حبا جما
And you love wealth with immense love.
Nay! When the earth is ground to powder.
Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan
كلا إذا دكت الأرض دكا دكا
No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed -
And your Lord comes with the angels in rows.
Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan
وجاء ربك والملك صفا صفا
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?
Wajeea yawmaithin bijahannama yawmaithin yatathakkaru alinsanu waanna lahu alththikra
وجيء يومئذ بجهنم ۚ يومئذ يتذكر الإنسان وأنى له الذكرى
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!"
Yaqoolu ya laytanee qaddamtu lihayatee
يقول يا ليتني قدمت لحياتي
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.
Fayawmaithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu ahadun
فيومئذ لا يعذب عذابه أحد
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.
Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun
ولا يوثق وثاقه أحد
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!
Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu
يا أيتها النفس المطمئنة
[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,
"Come back to your Lord well-pleased (yourself) and well-pleasing (unto Him)!
IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan
ارجعي إلى ربك راضية مرضية
Return to your Lord, well - pleased and pleasing [to Him],
"Enter you then among My (honoured) slaves,
Faodkhulee fee AAibadee
فادخلي في عبادي
And enter among My [righteous] servants
"And enter you My Paradise!"
Waodkhulee jannatee
وادخلي جنتي
And enter My Paradise."