Chapter 89, 30 verses
وَٱلْفَجْرِ
By the break of Day
Waalfajri
وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ
By the Nights twice five;
Walayalin AAashrin
وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ
By the even and odd (contrasted);
WaalshshafAAi waalwatri
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ
And by the Night when it passeth away; -
Waallayli itha yasri
هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ
Is there (not) in these an adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand?
Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad (people), -
Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin
إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ
Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,
Irama thati alAAimadi
ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ
The like of which were not produced in (all) the land?
Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi
وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ
And with the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley? -
Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi
وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ
And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?
WafirAAawna thee alawtadi
ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ
(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,
Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi
فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ
And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).
Faaktharoo feeha alfasada
فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ
Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements:
Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ
For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch - tower.
Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi
فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ
Now, as for man, when his Lord trieth him, giving him honour and gifts, then saith he, (puffed up), "My Lord hath honoured me."
Faamma alinsanu itha ma ibtalahu rabbuhu faakramahu wanaAAAAamahu fayaqoolu rabbee akramani
وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَٰنَنِ
But when He trieth him, restricting his subsistence for him, then saith he (in despair), "My Lord hath humiliated me!"
Waamma itha ma ibtalahu faqadara AAalayhi rizqahu fayaqoolu rabbee ahanani
كَلَّا بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ
Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!
Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema
وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ
Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor! -
Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni
وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا
And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,
Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman
وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا
And ye love wealth with inordinate love!
Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman
كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا
Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,
Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan
وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا
And thy Lord cometh, and His angels, rank upon rank,
Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan
وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ
And Hell, that Day, is brought (face to face), - on that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance profit him?
Wajeea yawmaithin bijahannama yawmaithin yatathakkaru alinsanu waanna lahu alththikra
يَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى
He will say: "Ah! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my (Future) Life!"
Yaqoolu ya laytanee qaddamtu lihayatee
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict,
Fayawmaithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu ahadun
وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.
Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun
يَٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ
(To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction!
Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu
ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً
"Come back thou to thy Lord, - well pleased (thyself), and well - pleasing unto Him!
IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan
فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَٰدِى
"Enter thou, then, among My devotees!
Faodkhulee fee AAibadee
وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى
"Yea, enter thou My Heaven!
Waodkhulee jannatee