Chapter 89, 30 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the dawn;
Waalfajri
By the dawn
By the ten nights (i.e. the first ten days of the month of Dhul-Hijjah) ,
Walayalin AAashrin
And [by] ten nights
And by the even and the odd (of all the creations of Allah).
WaalshshafAAi waalwatri
And [by] the even [number] and the odd
And by the night when it departs.
Waallayli itha yasri
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
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
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad -
Of Iram (who were very tall) like (lofty) pillars,
Irama thati alAAimadi
[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,
The like of which were not created in the land?
Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi
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
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
And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? -
Who did transgress beyond bounds in the lands (in the disobedience of Allah).
Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi
[All of] whom oppressed within the lands
And made therein much mischief.
Faaktharoo feeha alfasada
And increased therein the corruption.
So your Lord poured on them different kinds of severe torment.
Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin
So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.
Verily, your Lord is Ever Watchful (over them).
Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi
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
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
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
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
And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.
And you devour the inheritance all with greed.
Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman
And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,
And you love wealth with much love.
Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman
And you love wealth with immense love.
Nay! When the earth is ground to powder.
Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan
No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed -
And your Lord comes with the angels in rows.
Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan
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
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
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
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
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
[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
Return to your Lord, well - pleased and pleasing [to Him],
"Enter you then among My (honoured) slaves,
Faodkhulee fee AAibadee
And enter among My [righteous] servants
"And enter you My Paradise!"
Waodkhulee jannatee
And enter My Paradise."