Chapter 89, 30 verses
By the dawn
Waalfajri
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والفجر
And [by] ten nights
Walayalin AAashrin
وليال عشر
And [by] the even [number] and the odd
WaalshshafAAi waalwatri
والشفع والوتر
And [by] the night when it passes,
Waallayli itha yasri
والليل إذا يسر
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
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad -
Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin
ألم تر كيف فعل ربك بعاد
[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,
Irama thati alAAimadi
إرم ذات العماد
The likes of whom had never been created in the land?
Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi
التي لم يخلق مثلها في البلاد
And [with] Thamud, who carved out the rocks in the valley?
Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi
وثمود الذين جابوا الصخر بالواد
And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? -
WafirAAawna thee alawtadi
وفرعون ذي الأوتاد
[All of] whom oppressed within the lands
Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi
الذين طغوا في البلاد
And increased therein the corruption.
Faaktharoo feeha alfasada
فأكثروا فيها الفساد
So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.
Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin
فصب عليهم ربك سوط عذاب
Indeed, your Lord is in observation.
Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi
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."
Faamma alinsanu itha ma ibtalahu rabbuhu faakramahu wanaAAAAamahu fayaqoolu rabbee akramani
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."
Waamma itha ma ibtalahu faqadara AAalayhi rizqahu fayaqoolu rabbee ahanani
وأما إذا ما ابتلاه فقدر عليه رزقه فيقول ربي أهانن
No! But you do not honor the orphan
Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema
كلا ۖ بل لا تكرمون اليتيم
And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.
Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni
ولا تحاضون على طعام المسكين
And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,
Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman
وتأكلون التراث أكلا لما
And you love wealth with immense love.
Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman
وتحبون المال حبا جما
No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed -
Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan
كلا إذا دكت الأرض دكا دكا
And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon rank,
Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan
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?
Wajeea yawmaithin bijahannama yawmaithin yatathakkaru alinsanu waanna lahu alththikra
وجيء يومئذ بجهنم ۚ يومئذ يتذكر الإنسان وأنى له الذكرى
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
So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment,
Fayawmaithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu ahadun
فيومئذ لا يعذب عذابه أحد
And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers].
Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun
ولا يوثق وثاقه أحد
[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,
Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu
يا أيتها النفس المطمئنة
Return to your Lord, well - pleased and pleasing [to Him],
IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan
ارجعي إلى ربك راضية مرضية
And enter among My [righteous] servants
Faodkhulee fee AAibadee
فادخلي في عبادي
And enter My Paradise."
Waodkhulee jannatee
وادخلي جنتي