Chapter 89, 30 verses
By the dawn
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the Dawn
I swear by the daybreak,
And [by] ten nights
And ten nights,
And the ten nights,
And [by] the even [number] and the odd
And the Even and the Odd,
And the even and the odd,
And [by] the night when it passes,
And the night when it departeth,
And the night when it departs.
Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?
There surely is an oath for thinking man.
Truly in that there is an oath for those who possess understanding.
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad -
Dost thou not consider how thy Lord dealt with (the tribe of) A'ad,
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with Ad,
[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,
With many - columned Iram,
(The people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings,
The likes of whom had never been created in the land?
The like of which was not created in the lands;
The like of which were not created in the (other) cities;
And [with] Thamud, who carved out the rocks in the valley?
And with (the tribe of) Thamud, who clove the rocks in the valley;
And (with) Samood, who hewed out the rocks in the valley,
And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? -
And with Pharaoh, firm of might,
And (with) Firon, the lord of hosts,
[All of] whom oppressed within the lands
Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands,
Who committed inordinacy in the cities,
And increased therein the corruption.
And multiplied iniquity therein ?
So they made great mischief therein?
So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.
Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment.
Therefore your Lord let down upon them a portion of the chastisement.
Indeed, your Lord is in observation.
Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful.
Most surely your Lord is watching.
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.
And as for man, when his Lord tries him, then treats him with honor and makes him lead an easy life, he says: My Lord honors me.
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.
But when He tries him (differently), then straitens to him his means of subsistence, he says: My Lord has disgraced me.
No! But you do not honor the orphan
Nay, but ye (for your part) honour not the orphan
Nay! but you do not honor the orphan,
And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.
And urge not on the feeding of the poor.
Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor,
And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,
And ye devour heritages with devouring greed.
And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything) indiscriminately,
And you love wealth with immense love.
And love wealth with abounding love.
And you love wealth with exceeding love.
No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed -
Nay, but when the earth is ground to atoms, grinding, grinding,
Nay! when the earth is made to crumble to pieces,
And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon rank,
And thy Lord shall come with angels, rank on rank,
And your Lord comes and (also) the angels in ranks,
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) ?
And hell is made to appear on that day. On that day shall man be mindful, and what shall being mindful (then) avail him?
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!
He shall say: O! would that I had sent before for (this) my life!
So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment,
None punisheth as He will punish on that day!
But on that day shall no one chastise with (anything like) His chastisement,
And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers].
None bindeth as He then will bind.
And no one shall bind with (anything like) His binding.
[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,
But ah! thou soul at peace!
O soul that art at rest!
Return to your Lord, well - pleased and pleasing [to Him],
Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure!
Return to your Lord, well - pleased (with him), well - pleasing (Him),
And enter among My [righteous] servants
Enter thou among My bondmen!
So enter among My servants,
And enter My Paradise."
Enter thou My Garden!
And enter into My garden.