Chapter 89, 30 verses
By the dawn
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والفجر
I swear by the daybreak,
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the Dawn
And [by] ten nights
وليال عشر
And the ten nights,
And ten nights,
And [by] the even [number] and the odd
والشفع والوتر
And the even and the odd,
And the Even and the Odd,
And [by] the night when it passes,
والليل إذا يسر
And the night when it departs.
And the night when it departeth,
Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?
هل في ذلك قسم لذي حجر
Truly in that there is an oath for those who possess understanding.
There surely is an oath for thinking man.
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad -
ألم تر كيف فعل ربك بعاد
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with Ad,
Dost thou not consider how thy Lord dealt with (the tribe of) A'ad,
[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,
إرم ذات العماد
(The people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings,
With many - columned Iram,
The likes of whom had never been created in the land?
التي لم يخلق مثلها في البلاد
The like of which were not created in the (other) cities;
The like of which was not created in the lands;
And [with] Thamud, who carved out the rocks in the valley?
وثمود الذين جابوا الصخر بالواد
And (with) Samood, who hewed out the rocks in the valley,
And with (the tribe of) Thamud, who clove the rocks in the valley;
And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? -
وفرعون ذي الأوتاد
And (with) Firon, the lord of hosts,
And with Pharaoh, firm of might,
[All of] whom oppressed within the lands
الذين طغوا في البلاد
Who committed inordinacy in the cities,
Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands,
And increased therein the corruption.
فأكثروا فيها الفساد
So they made great mischief therein?
And multiplied iniquity therein ?
So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.
فصب عليهم ربك سوط عذاب
Therefore your Lord let down upon them a portion of the chastisement.
Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment.
Indeed, your Lord is in observation.
إن ربك لبالمرصاد
Most surely your Lord is watching.
Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful.
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."
فأما الإنسان إذا ما ابتلاه ربه فأكرمه ونعمه فيقول ربي أكرمن
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.
But when He tries him and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated me."
وأما إذا ما ابتلاه فقدر عليه رزقه فيقول ربي أهانن
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.
No! But you do not honor the orphan
كلا ۖ بل لا تكرمون اليتيم
Nay! but you do not honor the orphan,
Nay, but ye (for your part) honour not the orphan
And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.
ولا تحاضون على طعام المسكين
Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor,
And urge not on the feeding of the poor.
And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,
وتأكلون التراث أكلا لما
And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything) indiscriminately,
And ye devour heritages with devouring greed.
And you love wealth with immense love.
وتحبون المال حبا جما
And you love wealth with exceeding love.
And love wealth with abounding love.
No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed -
كلا إذا دكت الأرض دكا دكا
Nay! when the earth is made to crumble to pieces,
Nay, but when the earth is ground to atoms, grinding, grinding,
And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon rank,
وجاء ربك والملك صفا صفا
And your Lord comes and (also) the angels in ranks,
And thy Lord shall come with angels, rank on rank,
And brought [within view], that Day, is Hell - that Day, man will remember, but what good to him will be the remembrance?
وجيء يومئذ بجهنم ۚ يومئذ يتذكر الإنسان وأنى له الذكرى
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) ?
He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."
يقول يا ليتني قدمت لحياتي
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!
So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment,
فيومئذ لا يعذب عذابه أحد
But on that day shall no one chastise with (anything like) His chastisement,
None punisheth as He will punish on that day!
And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers].
ولا يوثق وثاقه أحد
And no one shall bind with (anything like) His binding.
None bindeth as He then will bind.
[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,
يا أيتها النفس المطمئنة
O soul that art at rest!
But ah! thou soul at peace!
Return to your Lord, well - pleased and pleasing [to Him],
ارجعي إلى ربك راضية مرضية
Return to your Lord, well - pleased (with him), well - pleasing (Him),
Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure!
And enter among My [righteous] servants
فادخلي في عبادي
So enter among My servants,
Enter thou among My bondmen!
And enter My Paradise."
وادخلي جنتي
And enter into My garden.
Enter thou My Garden!