Chapter 89, 30 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the dawn;
By the break of Day
I swear by the daybreak,
Waalfajri
By the ten nights (i.e. the first ten days of the month of Dhul-Hijjah) ,
By the Nights twice five;
And the ten nights,
Walayalin AAashrin
And by the even and the odd (of all the creations of Allah).
By the even and odd (contrasted);
And the even and the odd,
WaalshshafAAi waalwatri
And by the night when it departs.
And by the Night when it passeth away; -
And the night when it departs.
Waallayli itha yasri
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?
Truly in that there is an oath for those who possess understanding.
Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin
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), -
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with Ad,
Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin
Of Iram (who were very tall) like (lofty) pillars,
Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,
(The people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings,
Irama thati alAAimadi
The like of which were not created in the land?
The like of which were not produced in (all) the land?
The like of which were not created in the (other) cities;
Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi
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? -
And (with) Samood, who hewed out the rocks in the valley,
Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi
And (with) Fir'aun (Pharaoh) who had the stakes (to torture men by binding them to the stakes)?
And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?
And (with) Firon, the lord of hosts,
WafirAAawna thee alawtadi
Who did transgress beyond bounds in the lands (in the disobedience of Allah).
(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,
Who committed inordinacy in the cities,
Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi
And made therein much mischief.
And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).
So they made great mischief therein?
Faaktharoo feeha alfasada
So your Lord poured on them different kinds of severe torment.
Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements:
Therefore your Lord let down upon them a portion of the chastisement.
Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin
Verily, your Lord is Ever Watchful (over them).
For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch - tower.
Most surely your Lord is watching.
Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi
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."
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.
Faamma alinsanu itha ma ibtalahu rabbuhu faakramahu wanaAAAAamahu fayaqoolu rabbee akramani
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!"
But when He tries him (differently), then straitens to him his means of subsistence, he says: My Lord has disgraced me.
Waamma itha ma ibtalahu faqadara AAalayhi rizqahu fayaqoolu rabbee ahanani
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!
Nay! but you do not honor the orphan,
Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema
And urge not one another on the feeding of Al-Miskin (the poor)!
Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor! -
Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor,
Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni
And you devour the inheritance all with greed.
And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,
And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything) indiscriminately,
Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman
And you love wealth with much love.
And ye love wealth with inordinate love!
And you love wealth with exceeding love.
Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman
Nay! When the earth is ground to powder.
Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,
Nay! when the earth is made to crumble to pieces,
Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan
And your Lord comes with the angels in rows.
And thy Lord cometh, and His angels, rank upon rank,
And your Lord comes and (also) the angels in ranks,
Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan
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?
And hell is made to appear on that day. On that day shall man be mindful, and what shall being mindful (then) avail him?
Wajeea yawmaithin bijahannama yawmaithin yatathakkaru alinsanu waanna lahu alththikra
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!"
He shall say: O! would that I had sent before for (this) my life!
Yaqoolu ya laytanee qaddamtu lihayatee
So on that Day none will punish as He will punish.
For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict,
But on that day shall no one chastise with (anything like) His chastisement,
Fayawmaithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu ahadun
And none will bind (the wicked, disbelievers and polytheists) as He will bind.
And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.
And no one shall bind with (anything like) His binding.
Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun
(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!
O soul that art at rest!
Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu
"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!
Return to your Lord, well - pleased (with him), well - pleasing (Him),
IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan
"Enter you then among My (honoured) slaves,
"Enter thou, then, among My devotees!
So enter among My servants,
Faodkhulee fee AAibadee
"And enter you My Paradise!"
"Yea, enter thou My Heaven!
And enter into My garden.
Waodkhulee jannatee