Chapter 89, 30 verses
By the dawn
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والفجر
Waalfajri
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the dawn;
And [by] ten nights
وليال عشر
Walayalin AAashrin
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
WaalshshafAAi waalwatri
And by the even and the odd (of all the creations of Allah).
And [by] the night when it passes,
والليل إذا يسر
Waallayli itha yasri
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
Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin
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
Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin
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
Irama thati alAAimadi
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
Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi
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
Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi
And (with) Thamud (people), who hewed out rocks in the valley (to make dwellings)?
And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? -
وفرعون ذي الأوتاد
WafirAAawna thee alawtadi
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
Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi
Who did transgress beyond bounds in the lands (in the disobedience of Allah).
And increased therein the corruption.
فأكثروا فيها الفساد
Faaktharoo feeha alfasada
And made therein much mischief.
So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.
فصب عليهم ربك سوط عذاب
Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin
So your Lord poured on them different kinds of severe torment.
Indeed, your Lord is in observation.
إن ربك لبالمرصاد
Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi
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
Faamma alinsanu itha ma ibtalahu rabbuhu faakramahu wanaAAAAamahu fayaqoolu rabbee akramani
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
Waamma itha ma ibtalahu faqadara AAalayhi rizqahu fayaqoolu rabbee ahanani
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
Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema
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
Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni
And urge not one another on the feeding of Al-Miskin (the poor)!
And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,
وتأكلون التراث أكلا لما
Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman
And you devour the inheritance all with greed.
And you love wealth with immense love.
وتحبون المال حبا جما
Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman
And you love wealth with much love.
No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed -
كلا إذا دكت الأرض دكا دكا
Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan
Nay! When the earth is ground to powder.
And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon rank,
وجاء ربك والملك صفا صفا
Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan
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
Wajeea yawmaithin bijahannama yawmaithin yatathakkaru alinsanu waanna lahu alththikra
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
Yaqoolu ya laytanee qaddamtu lihayatee
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
Fayawmaithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu ahadun
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
Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun
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
Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu
(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
IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan
"Come back to your Lord well-pleased (yourself) and well-pleasing (unto Him)!
And enter among My [righteous] servants
فادخلي في عبادي
Faodkhulee fee AAibadee
"Enter you then among My (honoured) slaves,
And enter My Paradise."
وادخلي جنتي
Waodkhulee jannatee
"And enter you My Paradise!"