Chapter 89, 30 verses
By the dawn
I swear by the daybreak,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والفجر
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the Dawn
And [by] ten nights
And the ten nights,
وليال عشر
And ten nights,
And [by] the even [number] and the odd
And the even and the odd,
والشفع والوتر
And the Even and the Odd,
And [by] the night when it passes,
And the night when it departs.
والليل إذا يسر
And the night when it departeth,
Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?
Truly in that there is an oath for those who possess understanding.
هل في ذلك قسم لذي حجر
There surely is an oath for thinking man.
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad -
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with Ad,
ألم تر كيف فعل ربك بعاد
Dost thou not consider how thy Lord dealt with (the tribe of) A'ad,
[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,
(The people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings,
إرم ذات العماد
With many - columned Iram,
The likes of whom had never been created in the land?
The like of which were not created in the (other) cities;
التي لم يخلق مثلها في البلاد
The like of which was not created in the lands;
And [with] Thamud, who carved out the rocks in the valley?
And (with) Samood, who hewed out the rocks in the valley,
وثمود الذين جابوا الصخر بالواد
And with (the tribe of) Thamud, who clove the rocks in the valley;
And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? -
And (with) Firon, the lord of hosts,
وفرعون ذي الأوتاد
And with Pharaoh, firm of might,
[All of] whom oppressed within the lands
Who committed inordinacy in the cities,
الذين طغوا في البلاد
Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands,
And increased therein the corruption.
So they made great mischief therein?
فأكثروا فيها الفساد
And multiplied iniquity therein ?
So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.
Therefore your Lord let down upon them a portion of the chastisement.
فصب عليهم ربك سوط عذاب
Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment.
Indeed, your Lord is in observation.
Most surely your Lord is watching.
إن ربك لبالمرصاد
Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful.
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."
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.
فأما الإنسان إذا ما ابتلاه ربه فأكرمه ونعمه فيقول ربي أكرمن
As for man, whenever his Lord trieth him by honouring him, and is gracious unto him, he saith: My Lord honoureth me.
But when He tries him and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated me."
But when He tries him (differently), then straitens to him his means of subsistence, he says: My Lord has disgraced me.
وأما إذا ما ابتلاه فقدر عليه رزقه فيقول ربي أهانن
But whenever He trieth him by straitening his means of life, he saith: My Lord despiseth me.
No! But you do not honor the orphan
Nay! but you do not honor the orphan,
كلا ۖ بل لا تكرمون اليتيم
Nay, but ye (for your part) honour not the orphan
And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.
Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor,
ولا تحاضون على طعام المسكين
And urge not on the feeding of the poor.
And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,
And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything) indiscriminately,
وتأكلون التراث أكلا لما
And ye devour heritages with devouring greed.
And you love wealth with immense love.
And you love wealth with exceeding love.
وتحبون المال حبا جما
And love wealth with abounding love.
No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed -
Nay! when the earth is made to crumble to pieces,
كلا إذا دكت الأرض دكا دكا
Nay, but when the earth is ground to atoms, grinding, grinding,
And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon rank,
And your Lord comes and (also) the angels in ranks,
وجاء ربك والملك صفا صفا
And thy Lord shall come with angels, rank on 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 made to appear on that day. On that day shall man be mindful, and what shall being mindful (then) avail him?
وجيء يومئذ بجهنم ۚ يومئذ يتذكر الإنسان وأنى له الذكرى
And hell is brought near that day; on that day man will remember, but how will the remembrance (then avail him) ?
He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."
He shall say: O! would that I had sent before for (this) my life!
يقول يا ليتني قدمت لحياتي
He will say: Ah, would that I had sent before me (some provision) for my life!
So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment,
But on that day shall no one chastise with (anything like) His chastisement,
فيومئذ لا يعذب عذابه أحد
None punisheth as He will punish on that day!
And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers].
And no one shall bind with (anything like) His binding.
ولا يوثق وثاقه أحد
None bindeth as He then will bind.
[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,
O soul that art at rest!
يا أيتها النفس المطمئنة
But ah! thou soul at peace!
Return to your Lord, well - pleased and pleasing [to Him],
Return to your Lord, well - pleased (with him), well - pleasing (Him),
ارجعي إلى ربك راضية مرضية
Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure!
And enter among My [righteous] servants
So enter among My servants,
فادخلي في عبادي
Enter thou among My bondmen!
And enter My Paradise."
And enter into My garden.
وادخلي جنتي
Enter thou My Garden!