Chapter 89, 30 verses
By the dawn
I swear by the daybreak,
By the break of Day
And [by] ten nights
And the 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 departs.
And by the Night when it passeth away; -
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.
Is there (not) in these an adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand?
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad -
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with Ad,
Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad (people), -
[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,
(The people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings,
Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,
The likes of whom had never been created in the land?
The like of which were not created in the (other) cities;
The like of which were not produced in (all) the land?
And [with] Thamud, who carved out the rocks in the valley?
And (with) Samood, who hewed out 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) Firon, the lord of hosts,
And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?
[All of] whom oppressed within the lands
Who committed inordinacy in the cities,
(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,
And increased therein the corruption.
So they made great mischief therein?
And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).
So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.
Therefore your Lord let down upon them a portion of the chastisement.
Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements:
Indeed, your Lord is in observation.
Most surely your Lord is watching.
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."
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.
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 when He tries him (differently), then straitens to him his means of subsistence, he says: My Lord has disgraced 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 you do not honor the orphan,
Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!
And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.
Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor,
Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor! -
And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,
And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything) indiscriminately,
And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,
And you love wealth with immense love.
And you love wealth with exceeding love.
And ye love wealth with inordinate love!
No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed -
Nay! when the earth is made to crumble to pieces,
Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,
And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon rank,
And your Lord comes and (also) the angels in ranks,
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 made to appear on that day. On that day shall man be mindful, and what shall being mindful (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 shall say: O! would that I had sent before for (this) 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,
But on that day shall no one chastise with (anything like) His chastisement,
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].
And no one shall bind with (anything like) His binding.
And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.
[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,
O soul that art at rest!
(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 to your Lord, well - pleased (with him), well - pleasing (Him),
"Come back thou to thy Lord, - well pleased (thyself), and well - pleasing unto Him!
And enter among My [righteous] servants
So enter among My servants,
"Enter thou, then, among My devotees!
And enter My Paradise."
And enter into My garden.
"Yea, enter thou My Heaven!