Chapter 89, 30 verses
By the dawn
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والفجر
I swear by the daybreak,
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the dawn;
And [by] ten nights
وليال عشر
And the ten nights,
By the ten nights (i.e. the first ten days of the month of Dhul-Hijjah) ,
And [by] the even [number] and the odd
والشفع والوتر
And the even and the odd,
And by the even and the odd (of all the creations of Allah).
And [by] the night when it passes,
والليل إذا يسر
And the night when it departs.
And by the night when it departs.
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 is indeed in them (the above oaths) sufficient proofs for men of understanding (and that, they should avoid all kinds of sins and disbeliefs)!
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,
Saw you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) not how your Lord dealt with 'Ad (people)
[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,
إرم ذات العماد
(The people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings,
Of Iram (who were very tall) like (lofty) pillars,
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 were not created in the land?
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) Thamud (people), who hewed out rocks in the valley (to make dwellings)?
And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? -
وفرعون ذي الأوتاد
And (with) Firon, the lord of hosts,
And (with) Fir'aun (Pharaoh) who had the stakes (to torture men by binding them to the stakes)?
[All of] whom oppressed within the lands
الذين طغوا في البلاد
Who committed inordinacy in the cities,
Who did transgress beyond bounds in the lands (in the disobedience of Allah).
And increased therein the corruption.
فأكثروا فيها الفساد
So they made great mischief therein?
And made therein much mischief.
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.
So your Lord poured on them different kinds of severe torment.
Indeed, your Lord is in observation.
إن ربك لبالمرصاد
Most surely your Lord is watching.
Verily, your Lord is Ever Watchful (over them).
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, when his Lord tries him by giving him honour and bounties, then he says (in exultation): "My Lord has honoured 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 when He tries him by straitening his means of life, he says: "My Lord has humiliated me!"
No! But you do not honor the orphan
كلا ۖ بل لا تكرمون اليتيم
Nay! but you do not honor the orphan,
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)!
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 one another on the feeding of Al-Miskin (the poor)!
And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,
وتأكلون التراث أكلا لما
And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything) indiscriminately,
And you devour the inheritance all with greed.
And you love wealth with immense love.
وتحبون المال حبا جما
And you love wealth with exceeding love.
And you love wealth with much 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! When the earth is ground to powder.
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 your Lord comes with the angels in rows.
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 will be brought near that Day. On that Day will man remember, but how will that 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: "Alas! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) 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,
So on that Day none will punish as He will punish.
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.
And none will bind (the wicked, disbelievers and polytheists) as He will bind.
[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,
يا أيتها النفس المطمئنة
O soul that art at rest!
(It will be said to the pious believers of Islamic Monotheism): "O (you) the one in (complete) rest and satisfaction!
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),
"Come back to your Lord well-pleased (yourself) and well-pleasing (unto Him)!
And enter among My [righteous] servants
فادخلي في عبادي
So enter among My servants,
"Enter you then among My (honoured) slaves,
And enter My Paradise."
وادخلي جنتي
And enter into My garden.
"And enter you My Paradise!"