Chapter 89, 30 verses
By the dawn
Waalfajri
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والفجر
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the dawn;
And [by] ten nights
Walayalin AAashrin
وليال عشر
By the ten nights (i.e. the first ten days of the month of Dhul-Hijjah) ,
And [by] the even [number] and the odd
WaalshshafAAi waalwatri
والشفع والوتر
And by the even and the odd (of all the creations of Allah).
And [by] the night when it passes,
Waallayli itha yasri
والليل إذا يسر
And by the night when it departs.
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 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 -
Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin
ألم تر كيف فعل ربك بعاد
Saw you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) not how your Lord dealt with 'Ad (people)
[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,
Irama thati alAAimadi
إرم ذات العماد
Of Iram (who were very tall) like (lofty) pillars,
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 were not created in the land?
And [with] Thamud, who carved out the rocks in the valley?
Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi
وثمود الذين جابوا الصخر بالواد
And (with) Thamud (people), who hewed out rocks in the valley (to make dwellings)?
And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? -
WafirAAawna thee alawtadi
وفرعون ذي الأوتاد
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
Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi
الذين طغوا في البلاد
Who did transgress beyond bounds in the lands (in the disobedience of Allah).
And increased therein the corruption.
Faaktharoo feeha alfasada
فأكثروا فيها الفساد
And made therein much mischief.
So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.
Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin
فصب عليهم ربك سوط عذاب
So your Lord poured on them different kinds of severe torment.
Indeed, your Lord is in observation.
Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi
إن ربك لبالمرصاد
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."
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, 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."
Waamma itha ma ibtalahu faqadara AAalayhi rizqahu fayaqoolu rabbee ahanani
وأما إذا ما ابتلاه فقدر عليه رزقه فيقول ربي أهانن
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
Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema
كلا ۖ بل لا تكرمون اليتيم
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.
Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni
ولا تحاضون على طعام المسكين
And urge not one another on the feeding of Al-Miskin (the poor)!
And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,
Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman
وتأكلون التراث أكلا لما
And you devour the inheritance all with greed.
And you love wealth with immense love.
Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman
وتحبون المال حبا جما
And you love wealth with much love.
No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed -
Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan
كلا إذا دكت الأرض دكا دكا
Nay! When the earth is ground to powder.
And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon rank,
Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan
وجاء ربك والملك صفا صفا
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?
Wajeea yawmaithin bijahannama yawmaithin yatathakkaru alinsanu waanna lahu alththikra
وجيء يومئذ بجهنم ۚ يومئذ يتذكر الإنسان وأنى له الذكرى
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."
Yaqoolu ya laytanee qaddamtu lihayatee
يقول يا ليتني قدمت لحياتي
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,
Fayawmaithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu ahadun
فيومئذ لا يعذب عذابه أحد
So on that Day none will punish as He will punish.
And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers].
Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun
ولا يوثق وثاقه أحد
And none will bind (the wicked, disbelievers and polytheists) as He will bind.
[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,
Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu
يا أيتها النفس المطمئنة
(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],
IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan
ارجعي إلى ربك راضية مرضية
"Come back to your Lord well-pleased (yourself) and well-pleasing (unto Him)!
And enter among My [righteous] servants
Faodkhulee fee AAibadee
فادخلي في عبادي
"Enter you then among My (honoured) slaves,
And enter My Paradise."
Waodkhulee jannatee
وادخلي جنتي
"And enter you My Paradise!"