Chapter 89, 30 verses
By the dawn
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والفجر
By the break of Day
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the Dawn
And [by] ten nights
وليال عشر
By the Nights twice five;
And ten nights,
And [by] the even [number] and the odd
والشفع والوتر
By the even and odd (contrasted);
And the Even and the Odd,
And [by] the night when it passes,
والليل إذا يسر
And by the Night when it passeth away; -
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
Is there (not) in these an adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand?
There surely is an oath for thinking man.
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad -
ألم تر كيف فعل ربك بعاد
Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad (people), -
Dost thou not consider how thy Lord dealt with (the tribe of) A'ad,
[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,
إرم ذات العماد
Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,
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 produced in (all) the land?
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 the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) 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 Pharaoh, lord of stakes?
And with Pharaoh, firm of might,
[All of] whom oppressed within the lands
الذين طغوا في البلاد
(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,
Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands,
And increased therein the corruption.
فأكثروا فيها الفساد
And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).
And multiplied iniquity therein ?
So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.
فصب عليهم ربك سوط عذاب
Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements:
Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment.
Indeed, your Lord is in observation.
إن ربك لبالمرصاد
For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch - tower.
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
Now, as for man, when his Lord trieth him, giving him honour and gifts, then saith he, (puffed up), "My Lord hath honoured 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 trieth him, restricting his subsistence for him, then saith he (in despair), "My Lord hath humiliated 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, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!
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 ye encourage 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 ye devour inheritance - all with greed,
And ye devour heritages with devouring greed.
And you love wealth with immense love.
وتحبون المال حبا جما
And ye love wealth with inordinate 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 pounded to powder,
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 thy Lord cometh, and His angels, rank upon rank,
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, that Day, is brought (face to face), - on that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance profit 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 will say: "Ah! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my (Future) 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
For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict,
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 His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.
None bindeth as He then will bind.
[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,
يا أيتها النفس المطمئنة
(To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction!
But ah! thou soul at peace!
Return to your Lord, well - pleased and pleasing [to Him],
ارجعي إلى ربك راضية مرضية
"Come back thou to thy Lord, - well pleased (thyself), and well - pleasing unto Him!
Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure!
And enter among My [righteous] servants
فادخلي في عبادي
"Enter thou, then, among My devotees!
Enter thou among My bondmen!
And enter My Paradise."
وادخلي جنتي
"Yea, enter thou My Heaven!
Enter thou My Garden!