Chapter 89, 30 verses
By the dawn
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والفجر
I swear by the daybreak,
And [by] ten nights
وليال عشر
And the ten nights,
And [by] the even [number] and the odd
والشفع والوتر
And the even and the odd,
And [by] the night when it passes,
والليل إذا يسر
And 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.
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,
[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,
إرم ذات العماد
(The people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings,
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;
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] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? -
وفرعون ذي الأوتاد
And (with) Firon, the lord of hosts,
[All of] whom oppressed within the lands
الذين طغوا في البلاد
Who committed inordinacy in the cities,
And increased therein the corruption.
فأكثروا فيها الفساد
So they made great mischief 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.
Indeed, your Lord is in observation.
إن ربك لبالمرصاد
Most surely your Lord is watching.
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.
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.
No! But you do not honor the orphan
كلا ۖ بل لا تكرمون اليتيم
Nay! but you do not honor 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 you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,
وتأكلون التراث أكلا لما
And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything) indiscriminately,
And you love wealth with immense love.
وتحبون المال حبا جما
And you love wealth with exceeding 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,
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 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?
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!
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,
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.
[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,
يا أيتها النفس المطمئنة
O soul that art at rest!
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),
And enter among My [righteous] servants
فادخلي في عبادي
So enter among My servants,
And enter My Paradise."
وادخلي جنتي
And enter into My garden.