Chapter 89, 30 verses
By the dawn
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the Dawn
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والفجر
And [by] ten nights
And ten nights,
وليال عشر
And [by] the even [number] and the odd
And the Even and the Odd,
والشفع والوتر
And [by] the night when it passes,
And the night when it departeth,
والليل إذا يسر
Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?
There surely is an oath for thinking man.
هل في ذلك قسم لذي حجر
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad -
Dost thou not consider how thy Lord dealt with (the tribe of) A'ad,
ألم تر كيف فعل ربك بعاد
[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,
With many - columned Iram,
إرم ذات العماد
The likes of whom had never been created in the land?
The like of which was not created in the lands;
التي لم يخلق مثلها في البلاد
And [with] Thamud, who carved out the rocks in the valley?
And with (the tribe of) Thamud, who clove the rocks in the valley;
وثمود الذين جابوا الصخر بالواد
And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? -
And with Pharaoh, firm of might,
وفرعون ذي الأوتاد
[All of] whom oppressed within the lands
Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands,
الذين طغوا في البلاد
And increased therein the corruption.
And multiplied iniquity therein ?
فأكثروا فيها الفساد
So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.
Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment.
فصب عليهم ربك سوط عذاب
Indeed, your Lord is in observation.
Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful.
إن ربك لبالمرصاد
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."
As for man, whenever his Lord trieth him by honouring him, and is gracious unto him, he saith: My Lord honoureth me.
فأما الإنسان إذا ما ابتلاه ربه فأكرمه ونعمه فيقول ربي أكرمن
But when He tries him and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated me."
But whenever He trieth him by straitening his means of life, he saith: My Lord despiseth me.
وأما إذا ما ابتلاه فقدر عليه رزقه فيقول ربي أهانن
No! But you do not honor the orphan
Nay, but ye (for your part) honour not the orphan
كلا ۖ بل لا تكرمون اليتيم
And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.
And urge not on the feeding of the poor.
ولا تحاضون على طعام المسكين
And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,
And ye devour heritages with devouring greed.
وتأكلون التراث أكلا لما
And you love wealth with immense love.
And love wealth with abounding love.
وتحبون المال حبا جما
No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed -
Nay, but when the earth is ground to atoms, grinding, grinding,
كلا إذا دكت الأرض دكا دكا
And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon rank,
And thy Lord shall come with angels, rank on rank,
وجاء ربك والملك صفا صفا
And brought [within view], that Day, is Hell - that Day, man will remember, but what good to him will be the remembrance?
And hell is brought near that day; on that day man will remember, but how will the remembrance (then avail him) ?
وجيء يومئذ بجهنم ۚ يومئذ يتذكر الإنسان وأنى له الذكرى
He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."
He will say: Ah, would that I had sent before me (some provision) for my life!
يقول يا ليتني قدمت لحياتي
So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment,
None punisheth as He will punish on that day!
فيومئذ لا يعذب عذابه أحد
And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers].
None bindeth as He then will bind.
ولا يوثق وثاقه أحد
[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,
But ah! thou soul at peace!
يا أيتها النفس المطمئنة
Return to your Lord, well - pleased and pleasing [to Him],
Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure!
ارجعي إلى ربك راضية مرضية
And enter among My [righteous] servants
Enter thou among My bondmen!
فادخلي في عبادي
And enter My Paradise."
Enter thou My Garden!
وادخلي جنتي