Chapter 89, 30 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the dawn;
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالْفَجْرِ
By the dawn
By the ten nights (i.e. the first ten days of the month of Dhul-Hijjah) ,
وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ
And [by] ten nights
And by the even and the odd (of all the creations of Allah).
وَالشَّفْعِ وَالْوَتْرِ
And [by] the even [number] and the odd
And by the night when it departs.
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ
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)!
هَلْ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِي حِجْرٍ
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)
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad -
Of Iram (who were very tall) like (lofty) pillars,
إِرَمَ ذَاتِ الْعِمَادِ
[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,
The like of which were not created in the land?
الَّتِي لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِي الْبِلَادِ
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)?
وَثَمُودَ الَّذِينَ جَابُوا الصَّخْرَ بِالْوَادِ
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)?
وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِي الْأَوْتَادِ
And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? -
Who did transgress beyond bounds in the lands (in the disobedience of Allah).
الَّذِينَ طَغَوْا فِي الْبِلَادِ
[All of] whom oppressed within the lands
And made therein much mischief.
فَأَكْثَرُوا فِيهَا الْفَسَادَ
And increased therein the corruption.
So your Lord poured on them different kinds of severe torment.
فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ
So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.
Verily, your Lord is Ever Watchful (over them).
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِالْمِرْصَادِ
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."
فَأَمَّا الْإِنسَانُ إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ رَبُّهُ فَأَكْرَمَهُ وَنَعَّمَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَكْرَمَنِ
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!"
وَأَمَّا إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَهَانَنِ
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)!
كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ الْيَتِيمَ
No! 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
And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.
And you devour the inheritance all with greed.
وَتَأْكُلُونَ التُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا
And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,
And you love wealth with much love.
وَتُحِبُّونَ الْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا
And you love wealth with immense love.
Nay! When the earth is ground to powder.
كَلَّا إِذَا دُكَّتِ الْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا
No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed -
And your Lord comes with the angels in rows.
وَجَاءَ رَبُّكَ وَالْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا
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?
وَجِيءَ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنسَانُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ الذِّكْرَىٰ
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!"
يَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِي
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.
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُ أَحَدٌ
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.
وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُ أَحَدٌ
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!
يَا أَيَّتُهَا النَّفْسُ الْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ
[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,
"Come back to your Lord well-pleased (yourself) and well-pleasing (unto Him)!
ارْجِعِي إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً
Return to your Lord, well - pleased and pleasing [to Him],
"Enter you then among My (honoured) slaves,
فَادْخُلِي فِي عِبَادِي
And enter among My [righteous] servants
"And enter you My Paradise!"
وَادْخُلِي جَنَّتِي
And enter My Paradise."