Chapter 89, 30 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the dawn;
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالْفَجْرِ
I swear by the daybreak,
By the ten nights (i.e. the first ten days of the month of Dhul-Hijjah) ,
وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ
And the ten nights,
And by the even and the odd (of all the creations of Allah).
وَالشَّفْعِ وَالْوَتْرِ
And the even and the odd,
And by the night when it departs.
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ
And the night when it departs.
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)!
هَلْ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِي حِجْرٍ
Truly in that there is an oath for those who possess understanding.
Saw you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) not how your Lord dealt with 'Ad (people)
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with Ad,
Of Iram (who were very tall) like (lofty) pillars,
إِرَمَ ذَاتِ الْعِمَادِ
(The people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings,
The like of which were not created in the land?
الَّتِي لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِي الْبِلَادِ
The like of which were not created in the (other) cities;
And (with) Thamud (people), who hewed out rocks in the valley (to make dwellings)?
وَثَمُودَ الَّذِينَ جَابُوا الصَّخْرَ بِالْوَادِ
And (with) Samood, who hewed out the rocks in the valley,
And (with) Fir'aun (Pharaoh) who had the stakes (to torture men by binding them to the stakes)?
وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِي الْأَوْتَادِ
And (with) Firon, the lord of hosts,
Who did transgress beyond bounds in the lands (in the disobedience of Allah).
الَّذِينَ طَغَوْا فِي الْبِلَادِ
Who committed inordinacy in the cities,
And made therein much mischief.
فَأَكْثَرُوا فِيهَا الْفَسَادَ
So they made great mischief therein?
So your Lord poured on them different kinds of severe torment.
فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ
Therefore your Lord let down upon them a portion of the chastisement.
Verily, your Lord is Ever Watchful (over them).
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِالْمِرْصَادِ
Most surely your Lord is watching.
As for man, when his Lord tries him by giving him honour and bounties, then he says (in exultation): "My Lord has honoured me."
فَأَمَّا الْإِنسَانُ إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ رَبُّهُ فَأَكْرَمَهُ وَنَعَّمَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَكْرَمَنِ
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.
But when He tries him by straitening his means of life, he says: "My Lord has humiliated me!"
وَأَمَّا إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَهَانَنِ
But when He tries him (differently), then straitens to him his means of subsistence, he says: My Lord has disgraced 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)!
كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ الْيَتِيمَ
Nay! but you do not honor the orphan,
And urge not one another on the feeding of Al-Miskin (the poor)!
وَلَا تَحَاضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ
Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor,
And you devour the inheritance all with greed.
وَتَأْكُلُونَ التُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا
And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything) indiscriminately,
And you love wealth with much love.
وَتُحِبُّونَ الْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا
And you love wealth with exceeding love.
Nay! When the earth is ground to powder.
كَلَّا إِذَا دُكَّتِ الْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا
Nay! when the earth is made to crumble to pieces,
And your Lord comes with the angels in rows.
وَجَاءَ رَبُّكَ وَالْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا
And your Lord comes and (also) the angels in ranks,
And Hell will be brought near that Day. On that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance (then) avail him?
وَجِيءَ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنسَانُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ الذِّكْرَىٰ
And hell is made to appear on that day. On that day shall man be mindful, and what shall being mindful (then) avail him?
He will say: "Alas! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my life!"
يَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِي
He shall say: O! would that I had sent before for (this) my life!
So on that Day none will punish as He will punish.
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُ أَحَدٌ
But on that day shall no one chastise with (anything like) His chastisement,
And none will bind (the wicked, disbelievers and polytheists) as He will bind.
وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُ أَحَدٌ
And no one shall bind with (anything like) His binding.
(It will be said to the pious believers of Islamic Monotheism): "O (you) the one in (complete) rest and satisfaction!
يَا أَيَّتُهَا النَّفْسُ الْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ
O soul that art at rest!
"Come back to your Lord well-pleased (yourself) and well-pleasing (unto Him)!
ارْجِعِي إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً
Return to your Lord, well - pleased (with him), well - pleasing (Him),
"Enter you then among My (honoured) slaves,
فَادْخُلِي فِي عِبَادِي
So enter among My servants,
"And enter you My Paradise!"
وَادْخُلِي جَنَّتِي
And enter into My garden.