Chapter 89, 30 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the dawn;
By the break of Day
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والفجر
وَٱلْفَجْرِ
By the ten nights (i.e. the first ten days of the month of Dhul-Hijjah) ,
By the Nights twice five;
وليال عشر
وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ
And by the even and the odd (of all the creations of Allah).
By the even and odd (contrasted);
والشفع والوتر
وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ
And by the night when it departs.
And by the Night when it passeth away; -
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)!
Is there (not) in these an adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand?
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)
Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad (people), -
ألم تر كيف فعل ربك بعاد
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
Of Iram (who were very tall) like (lofty) pillars,
Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,
إرم ذات العماد
إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ
The like of which were not created in the land?
The like of which were not produced in (all) the land?
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)?
And with the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley? -
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)?
And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?
وفرعون ذي الأوتاد
وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ
Who did transgress beyond bounds in the lands (in the disobedience of Allah).
(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,
الذين طغوا في البلاد
ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ
And made therein much mischief.
And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).
فأكثروا فيها الفساد
فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ
So your Lord poured on them different kinds of severe torment.
Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements:
فصب عليهم ربك سوط عذاب
فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ
Verily, your Lord is Ever Watchful (over them).
For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch - tower.
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."
Now, as for man, when his Lord trieth him, giving him honour and gifts, then saith he, (puffed up), "My Lord hath honoured me."
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!"
But when He trieth him, restricting his subsistence for him, then saith he (in despair), "My Lord hath humiliated me!"
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)!
Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!
كلا ۖ بل لا تكرمون اليتيم
كَلَّا بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ
And urge not one another on the feeding of Al-Miskin (the poor)!
Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor! -
ولا تحاضون على طعام المسكين
وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ
And you devour the inheritance all with greed.
And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,
وتأكلون التراث أكلا لما
وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا
And you love wealth with much love.
And ye love wealth with inordinate love!
وتحبون المال حبا جما
وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا
Nay! When the earth is ground to powder.
Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,
كلا إذا دكت الأرض دكا دكا
كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا
And your Lord comes with the angels in rows.
And thy Lord cometh, and His angels, rank upon rank,
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?
And Hell, that Day, is brought (face to face), - on that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance profit him?
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!"
He will say: "Ah! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my (Future) Life!"
يقول يا ليتني قدمت لحياتي
يَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى
So on that Day none will punish as He will punish.
For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict,
فيومئذ لا يعذب عذابه أحد
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
And none will bind (the wicked, disbelievers and polytheists) as He will bind.
And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.
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!
(To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction!
يا أيتها النفس المطمئنة
يَٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ
"Come back to your Lord well-pleased (yourself) and well-pleasing (unto Him)!
"Come back thou to thy Lord, - well pleased (thyself), and well - pleasing unto Him!
ارجعي إلى ربك راضية مرضية
ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً
"Enter you then among My (honoured) slaves,
"Enter thou, then, among My devotees!
فادخلي في عبادي
فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَٰدِى
"And enter you My Paradise!"
"Yea, enter thou My Heaven!
وادخلي جنتي
وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى