Chapter 89, 30 verses
By the dawn
Waalfajri
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والفجر
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the Dawn
And [by] ten nights
Walayalin AAashrin
وليال عشر
And ten nights,
And [by] the even [number] and the odd
WaalshshafAAi waalwatri
والشفع والوتر
And the Even and the Odd,
And [by] the night when it passes,
Waallayli itha yasri
والليل إذا يسر
And the night when it departeth,
Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?
Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin
هل في ذلك قسم لذي حجر
There surely is an oath for thinking man.
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad -
Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin
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,
Irama thati alAAimadi
إرم ذات العماد
With many - columned Iram,
The likes of whom had never been created in the land?
Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi
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?
Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi
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? -
WafirAAawna thee alawtadi
وفرعون ذي الأوتاد
And with Pharaoh, firm of might,
[All of] whom oppressed within the lands
Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi
الذين طغوا في البلاد
Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands,
And increased therein the corruption.
Faaktharoo feeha alfasada
فأكثروا فيها الفساد
And multiplied iniquity therein ?
So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.
Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin
فصب عليهم ربك سوط عذاب
Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment.
Indeed, your Lord is in observation.
Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi
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."
Faamma alinsanu itha ma ibtalahu rabbuhu faakramahu wanaAAAAamahu fayaqoolu rabbee akramani
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."
Waamma itha ma ibtalahu faqadara AAalayhi rizqahu fayaqoolu rabbee ahanani
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
Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema
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.
Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni
ولا تحاضون على طعام المسكين
And urge not on the feeding of the poor.
And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,
Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman
وتأكلون التراث أكلا لما
And ye devour heritages with devouring greed.
And you love wealth with immense love.
Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman
وتحبون المال حبا جما
And love wealth with abounding love.
No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed -
Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan
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,
Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan
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?
Wajeea yawmaithin bijahannama yawmaithin yatathakkaru alinsanu waanna lahu alththikra
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."
Yaqoolu ya laytanee qaddamtu lihayatee
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,
Fayawmaithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu ahadun
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].
Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun
ولا يوثق وثاقه أحد
None bindeth as He then will bind.
[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,
Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu
يا أيتها النفس المطمئنة
But ah! thou soul at peace!
Return to your Lord, well - pleased and pleasing [to Him],
IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan
ارجعي إلى ربك راضية مرضية
Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure!
And enter among My [righteous] servants
Faodkhulee fee AAibadee
فادخلي في عبادي
Enter thou among My bondmen!
And enter My Paradise."
Waodkhulee jannatee
وادخلي جنتي
Enter thou My Garden!