Chapter 89, 30 verses
By the dawn
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the Dawn
By the break of Day
And [by] ten nights
And ten nights,
By the Nights twice five;
And [by] the even [number] and the odd
And the Even and the Odd,
By the even and odd (contrasted);
And [by] the night when it passes,
And the night when it departeth,
And by the Night when it passeth away; -
Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?
There surely is an oath for thinking man.
Is there (not) in these an adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand?
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad -
Dost thou not consider how thy Lord dealt with (the tribe of) A'ad,
Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad (people), -
[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,
With many - columned Iram,
Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,
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 produced in (all) the land?
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 the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley? -
And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? -
And with Pharaoh, firm of might,
And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?
[All of] whom oppressed within the lands
Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands,
(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,
And increased therein the corruption.
And multiplied iniquity therein ?
And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).
So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.
Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment.
Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements:
Indeed, your Lord is in observation.
Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful.
For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch - tower.
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.
Now, as for man, when his Lord trieth him, giving him honour and gifts, then saith he, (puffed up), "My Lord hath honoured 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 trieth him, restricting his subsistence for him, then saith he (in despair), "My Lord hath humiliated me!"
No! But you do not honor the orphan
Nay, but ye (for your part) honour not the orphan
Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!
And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.
And urge not on the feeding of the poor.
Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor! -
And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,
And ye devour heritages with devouring greed.
And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,
And you love wealth with immense love.
And love wealth with abounding love.
And ye love wealth with inordinate 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 pounded to powder,
And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon rank,
And thy Lord shall come with angels, rank on rank,
And thy Lord cometh, and His angels, rank upon rank,
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, that Day, is brought (face to face), - on that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance profit 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 will say: "Ah! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my (Future) Life!"
So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment,
None punisheth as He will punish on that day!
For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict,
And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers].
None bindeth as He then will bind.
And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.
[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,
But ah! thou soul at peace!
(To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction!
Return to your Lord, well - pleased and pleasing [to Him],
Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure!
"Come back thou to thy Lord, - well pleased (thyself), and well - pleasing unto Him!
And enter among My [righteous] servants
Enter thou among My bondmen!
"Enter thou, then, among My devotees!
And enter My Paradise."
Enter thou My Garden!
"Yea, enter thou My Heaven!