Chapter 89, 30 verses
By the dawn
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والفجر
Waalfajri
And [by] ten nights
وليال عشر
Walayalin AAashrin
And [by] the even [number] and the odd
والشفع والوتر
WaalshshafAAi waalwatri
And [by] the night when it passes,
والليل إذا يسر
Waallayli itha yasri
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
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad -
ألم تر كيف فعل ربك بعاد
Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin
[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,
إرم ذات العماد
Irama thati alAAimadi
The likes of whom had never been created in the land?
التي لم يخلق مثلها في البلاد
Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi
And [with] Thamud, who carved out the rocks in the valley?
وثمود الذين جابوا الصخر بالواد
Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi
And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? -
وفرعون ذي الأوتاد
WafirAAawna thee alawtadi
[All of] whom oppressed within the lands
الذين طغوا في البلاد
Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi
And increased therein the corruption.
فأكثروا فيها الفساد
Faaktharoo feeha alfasada
So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.
فصب عليهم ربك سوط عذاب
Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin
Indeed, your Lord is in observation.
إن ربك لبالمرصاد
Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi
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
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
No! But you do not honor the orphan
كلا ۖ بل لا تكرمون اليتيم
Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema
And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.
ولا تحاضون على طعام المسكين
Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni
And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,
وتأكلون التراث أكلا لما
Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman
And you love wealth with immense love.
وتحبون المال حبا جما
Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman
No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed -
كلا إذا دكت الأرض دكا دكا
Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan
And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon rank,
وجاء ربك والملك صفا صفا
Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan
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
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
So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment,
فيومئذ لا يعذب عذابه أحد
Fayawmaithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu ahadun
And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers].
ولا يوثق وثاقه أحد
Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun
[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,
يا أيتها النفس المطمئنة
Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu
Return to your Lord, well - pleased and pleasing [to Him],
ارجعي إلى ربك راضية مرضية
IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan
And enter among My [righteous] servants
فادخلي في عبادي
Faodkhulee fee AAibadee
And enter My Paradise."
وادخلي جنتي
Waodkhulee jannatee