Chapter 89, 30 verses
By the dawn
I swear by the daybreak,
শপথ ঊষার,
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the dawn;
And [by] ten nights
And the ten nights,
শপথ দশ রজনীর,
By the ten nights (i.e. the first ten days of the month of Dhul-Hijjah) ,
And [by] the even [number] and the odd
And the even and the odd,
শপথ জোড় ও বেজোড়ের
And by the even and the odd (of all the creations of Allah).
And [by] the night when it passes,
And the night when it departs.
এবং শপথ রজনীর যখন উহা গত হইতে থাকে -
And by the night when it departs.
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.
নিশ্চয়ই ইহার মধ্যে শপথ রহিয়াছে বোধসম্পন্ন ব্যক্তির জন্য।
There is indeed in them (the above oaths) sufficient proofs for men of understanding (and that, they should avoid all kinds of sins and disbeliefs)!
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad -
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with Ad,
তুমি কি দেখ নাই তোমার প্রতিপালক কি করিয়াছিলেন আদ বংশের -
Saw you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) not how your Lord dealt with 'Ad (people)
[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,
(The people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings,
ইরাম গোত্রের প্রতি - যাহারা অধিকারী ছিল সুউচ্চ প্রাসাদের?
Of Iram (who were very tall) like (lofty) pillars,
The likes of whom had never been created in the land?
The like of which were not created in the (other) cities;
যাহার সমতুল্য কোন দেশে নির্মিত হয় নাই;
The like of which were not created in the land?
And [with] Thamud, who carved out the rocks in the valley?
And (with) Samood, who hewed out the rocks in the valley,
এবং সামূদের প্রতি, যাহারা উপত্যকায় পাথর কাটিয়া গৃহ নির্মাণ করিয়াছিল;
And (with) Thamud (people), who hewed out rocks in the valley (to make dwellings)?
And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? -
And (with) Firon, the lord of hosts,
এবং বহু সৈন্য - শিবিরের অধিপতি ফির‘আওনের প্রতি?
And (with) Fir'aun (Pharaoh) who had the stakes (to torture men by binding them to the stakes)?
[All of] whom oppressed within the lands
Who committed inordinacy in the cities,
যাহারা দেশে সীমালংঘন করিয়াছিল,
Who did transgress beyond bounds in the lands (in the disobedience of Allah).
And increased therein the corruption.
So they made great mischief therein?
এবং সেখানে অশান্তি বৃদ্ধি করিয়াছিল।
And made therein much mischief.
So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.
Therefore your Lord let down upon them a portion of the chastisement.
অতঃপর তোমার প্রতিপালক উহাদের উপর শাস্তির কশাঘাত হানিলেন।
So your Lord poured on them different kinds of severe torment.
Indeed, your Lord is in observation.
Most surely your Lord is watching.
তোমার প্রতিপালক অবশ্যই সতর্ক দৃষ্টি রাখেন।
Verily, your Lord is Ever Watchful (over them).
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.
মানুষ তো এইরূপ যে, তাহার প্রতিপালক যখন তাহাকে পরীক্ষা করেন সম্মান ও অনুগ্রহ দান করিয়া, তখন সে বলে, ‘আমার প্রতিপালক আমাকে সম্মানিত করিয়াছেন।’
As for man, when his Lord tries him by giving him honour and bounties, then he says (in exultation): "My Lord has honoured 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.
এবং যখন তাহাকে পরীক্ষা করেন তাহার রিযিক সংকুচিত করিয়া, তখন সে বলে, ‘আমার প্রতিপালক আমাকে হীন করিয়াছেন।’
But when He tries him by straitening his means of life, he says: "My Lord has humiliated me!"
No! But you do not honor the orphan
Nay! but you do not honor the orphan,
না, কখনও নয়। বরং তোমরা ইয়াতীমকে সম্মান কর না,
Nay! But you treat not the orphans with kindness and generosity (i.e. you neither treat them well, nor give them their exact right of inheritance)!
And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.
Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor,
এবং তোমরা অভাবগ্রস্তদেরকে খাদ্যদানে পরস্পরকে উৎসাহিত কর না,
And urge not one another on the feeding of Al-Miskin (the poor)!
And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,
And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything) indiscriminately,
এবং তোমরা উত্তরাধিকারীদের প্রাপ্য সম্পদ সম্পূর্ণরূপে ভক্ষণ করিয়া ফেল,
And you devour the inheritance all with greed.
And you love wealth with immense love.
And you love wealth with exceeding love.
এবং তোমরা ধনসম্পদ অতিশয় ভালবাস;
And you love wealth with much love.
No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed -
Nay! when the earth is made to crumble to pieces,
ইহা সংগত নয়। পৃথিবীকে যখন চূর্ণ - বিচূর্ণ করা হইবে,
Nay! When the earth is ground to powder.
And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon rank,
And your Lord comes and (also) the angels in ranks,
এবং যখন তোমার প্রতিপালক উপস্থিত হইবেন ও সারিবদ্ধভাবে ফিরিশ্তাগণও,
And your Lord comes with the angels in rows.
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?
সেই দিন জাহান্নামকে আনা হইবে এবং সেই দিন মানুষ উপলব্ধি করিবে, তখন এই উপলব্ধি তাহার কী কাজে আসিবে?
And Hell will be brought near that Day. On that Day will man remember, but how will that 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!
সে বলিবে, ‘হায়! আমার এ জীবনের জন্য আমি যদি কিছু অগ্রিম পাঠাইতাম !’
He will say: "Alas! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) 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,
সেই দিন তাঁহার শাস্তির মত শাস্তি কেহ দিতে পারিবে না।
So on that Day none will punish as He will punish.
And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers].
And no one shall bind with (anything like) His binding.
এবং তাঁহার বন্ধনের মত বন্ধন কেহ করিতে পারিবে না।
And none will bind (the wicked, disbelievers and polytheists) as He will bind.
[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,
O soul that art at rest!
হে প্রশান্তচিত্ত !
(It will be said to the pious believers of Islamic Monotheism): "O (you) the one in (complete) rest and satisfaction!
Return to your Lord, well - pleased and pleasing [to Him],
Return to your Lord, well - pleased (with him), well - pleasing (Him),
তুমি তোমার প্রতিপালকের নিকট ফিরিয়া আস সন্তুষ্ট ও সন্তোষভাজন হইয়া,
"Come back to your Lord well-pleased (yourself) and well-pleasing (unto Him)!
And enter among My [righteous] servants
So enter among My servants,
আমার বান্দাদের অন্তর্ভুক্ত হও,
"Enter you then among My (honoured) slaves,
And enter My Paradise."
And enter into My garden.
আর আমার জান্নাতে প্রবেশ কর।
"And enter you My Paradise!"