Chapter 89, 30 verses
By the dawn
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والفجر
By the break of Day
وَٱلْفَجْرِ
And [by] ten nights
وليال عشر
By the Nights twice five;
وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ
And [by] the even [number] and the odd
والشفع والوتر
By the even and odd (contrasted);
وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ
And [by] the night when it passes,
والليل إذا يسر
And by the Night when it passeth away; -
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?
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), -
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,
إرم ذات العماد
Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,
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?
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? -
وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ
And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? -
وفرعون ذي الأوتاد
And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?
وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ
[All of] whom oppressed within the lands
الذين طغوا في البلاد
(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,
ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ
And increased therein the corruption.
فأكثروا فيها الفساد
And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).
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:
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.
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."
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!"
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!
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! -
وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ
And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,
وتأكلون التراث أكلا لما
And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,
وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا
And you love wealth with immense love.
وتحبون المال حبا جما
And ye love wealth with inordinate love!
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,
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,
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?
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!"
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,
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.
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!
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!
ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً
And enter among My [righteous] servants
فادخلي في عبادي
"Enter thou, then, among My devotees!
فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَٰدِى
And enter My Paradise."
وادخلي جنتي
"Yea, enter thou My Heaven!
وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى