Chapter 89, 30 verses
By the dawn
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والفجر
By the break of Day
Waalfajri
وَٱلْفَجْرِ
And [by] ten nights
وليال عشر
By the Nights twice five;
Walayalin AAashrin
وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ
And [by] the even [number] and the odd
والشفع والوتر
By the even and odd (contrasted);
WaalshshafAAi waalwatri
وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ
And [by] the night when it passes,
والليل إذا يسر
And by the Night when it passeth away; -
Waallayli itha yasri
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ
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?
Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin
هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ
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), -
Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,
إرم ذات العماد
Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,
Irama thati alAAimadi
إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ
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?
Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi
ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ
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? -
Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi
وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ
And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? -
وفرعون ذي الأوتاد
And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?
WafirAAawna thee alawtadi
وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ
[All of] whom oppressed within the lands
الذين طغوا في البلاد
(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,
Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi
ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ
And increased therein the corruption.
فأكثروا فيها الفساد
And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).
Faaktharoo feeha alfasada
فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ
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:
Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin
فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ
Indeed, your Lord is in observation.
إن ربك لبالمرصاد
For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch - tower.
Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ
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."
Faamma alinsanu itha ma ibtalahu rabbuhu faakramahu wanaAAAAamahu fayaqoolu rabbee akramani
فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ
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!"
Waamma itha ma ibtalahu faqadara AAalayhi rizqahu fayaqoolu rabbee ahanani
وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَٰنَنِ
No! But you do not honor the orphan
كلا ۖ بل لا تكرمون اليتيم
Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!
Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema
كَلَّا بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ
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! -
Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni
وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ
And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,
وتأكلون التراث أكلا لما
And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,
Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman
وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا
And you love wealth with immense love.
وتحبون المال حبا جما
And ye love wealth with inordinate love!
Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman
وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا
No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed -
كلا إذا دكت الأرض دكا دكا
Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,
Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan
كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا
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,
Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan
وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا
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?
Wajeea yawmaithin bijahannama yawmaithin yatathakkaru alinsanu waanna lahu alththikra
وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ
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!"
Yaqoolu ya laytanee qaddamtu lihayatee
يَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى
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,
Fayawmaithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu ahadun
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
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.
Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun
وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
[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!
Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu
يَٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ
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!
IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan
ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً
And enter among My [righteous] servants
فادخلي في عبادي
"Enter thou, then, among My devotees!
Faodkhulee fee AAibadee
فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَٰدِى
And enter My Paradise."
وادخلي جنتي
"Yea, enter thou My Heaven!
Waodkhulee jannatee
وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى