Chapter 89, 30 verses
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالْفَجْرِ
I swear by the daybreak,
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the Dawn
وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ
And the ten nights,
And ten nights,
وَالشَّفْعِ وَالْوَتْرِ
And the even and the odd,
And the Even and the Odd,
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ
And the night when it departs.
And the night when it departeth,
هَلْ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِي حِجْرٍ
Truly in that there is an oath for those who possess understanding.
There surely is an oath for thinking man.
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with Ad,
Dost thou not consider how thy Lord dealt with (the tribe of) A'ad,
إِرَمَ ذَاتِ الْعِمَادِ
(The people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings,
With many - columned Iram,
الَّتِي لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِي الْبِلَادِ
The like of which were not created in the (other) cities;
The like of which was not created in the lands;
وَثَمُودَ الَّذِينَ جَابُوا الصَّخْرَ بِالْوَادِ
And (with) Samood, who hewed out the rocks in the valley,
And with (the tribe of) Thamud, who clove the rocks in the valley;
وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِي الْأَوْتَادِ
And (with) Firon, the lord of hosts,
And with Pharaoh, firm of might,
الَّذِينَ طَغَوْا فِي الْبِلَادِ
Who committed inordinacy in the cities,
Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands,
فَأَكْثَرُوا فِيهَا الْفَسَادَ
So they made great mischief therein?
And multiplied iniquity therein ?
فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ
Therefore your Lord let down upon them a portion of the chastisement.
Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment.
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِالْمِرْصَادِ
Most surely your Lord is watching.
Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful.
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.
As for man, whenever his Lord trieth him by honouring him, and is gracious unto him, he saith: My Lord honoureth 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.
But whenever He trieth him by straitening his means of life, he saith: My Lord despiseth me.
كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ الْيَتِيمَ
Nay! but you do not honor the orphan,
Nay, but ye (for your part) honour not the orphan
وَلَا تَحَاضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ
Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor,
And urge not on the feeding of the poor.
وَتَأْكُلُونَ التُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا
And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything) indiscriminately,
And ye devour heritages with devouring greed.
وَتُحِبُّونَ الْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا
And you love wealth with exceeding love.
And love wealth with abounding love.
كَلَّا إِذَا دُكَّتِ الْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا
Nay! when the earth is made to crumble to pieces,
Nay, but when the earth is ground to atoms, grinding, grinding,
وَجَاءَ رَبُّكَ وَالْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا
And your Lord comes and (also) the angels in ranks,
And thy Lord shall come with angels, rank on rank,
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?
And hell is brought near that day; on that day man will remember, but how will the remembrance (then avail him) ?
يَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِي
He shall say: O! would that I had sent before for (this) my life!
He will say: Ah, would that I had sent before me (some provision) for my life!
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُ أَحَدٌ
But on that day shall no one chastise with (anything like) His chastisement,
None punisheth as He will punish on that day!
وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُ أَحَدٌ
And no one shall bind with (anything like) His binding.
None bindeth as He then will bind.
يَا أَيَّتُهَا النَّفْسُ الْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ
O soul that art at rest!
But ah! thou soul at peace!
ارْجِعِي إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً
Return to your Lord, well - pleased (with him), well - pleasing (Him),
Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure!
فَادْخُلِي فِي عِبَادِي
So enter among My servants,
Enter thou among My bondmen!
وَادْخُلِي جَنَّتِي
And enter into My garden.
Enter thou My Garden!