Chapter 89, 30 verses
By the dawn
I swear by the daybreak,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والفجر
And [by] ten nights
And the 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 departs.
والليل إذا يسر
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
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
[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,
(The people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings,
إرم ذات العماد
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
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] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? -
And (with) Firon, the lord of hosts,
وفرعون ذي الأوتاد
[All of] whom oppressed within the lands
Who committed inordinacy in the cities,
الذين طغوا في البلاد
And increased therein the corruption.
So they made great mischief therein?
فأكثروا فيها الفساد
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
Indeed, your Lord is in observation.
Most surely your Lord is watching.
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."
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
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
No! But you do not honor the orphan
Nay! but you do not honor the orphan,
كلا ۖ بل لا تكرمون اليتيم
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 you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,
And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything) indiscriminately,
وتأكلون التراث أكلا لما
And you love wealth with immense love.
And you love wealth with exceeding love.
وتحبون المال حبا جما
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
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 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
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
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
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
[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,
O soul that art at rest!
يا أيتها النفس المطمئنة
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
And enter among My [righteous] servants
So enter among My servants,
فادخلي في عبادي
And enter My Paradise."
And enter into My garden.
وادخلي جنتي