Chapter 89, 30 verses
By the dawn
Waalfajri
By the break of Day
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والفجر
وَٱلْفَجْرِ
And [by] ten nights
Walayalin AAashrin
By the Nights twice five;
وليال عشر
وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ
And [by] the even [number] and the odd
WaalshshafAAi waalwatri
By the even and odd (contrasted);
والشفع والوتر
وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ
And [by] the night when it passes,
Waallayli itha yasri
And by the Night when it passeth away; -
والليل إذا يسر
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ
Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?
Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin
Is there (not) in these an adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand?
هل في ذلك قسم لذي حجر
هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad -
Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin
Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad (people), -
ألم تر كيف فعل ربك بعاد
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,
Irama thati alAAimadi
Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,
إرم ذات العماد
إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ
The likes of whom had never been created in the land?
Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi
The like of which were not produced in (all) the land?
التي لم يخلق مثلها في البلاد
ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ
And [with] Thamud, who carved out the rocks in the valley?
Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi
And with the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley? -
وثمود الذين جابوا الصخر بالواد
وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ
And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? -
WafirAAawna thee alawtadi
And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?
وفرعون ذي الأوتاد
وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ
[All of] whom oppressed within the lands
Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi
(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,
الذين طغوا في البلاد
ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ
And increased therein the corruption.
Faaktharoo feeha alfasada
And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).
فأكثروا فيها الفساد
فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ
So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.
Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin
Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements:
فصب عليهم ربك سوط عذاب
فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ
Indeed, your Lord is in observation.
Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi
For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch - tower.
إن ربك لبالمرصاد
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ
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
Now, as for man, when his Lord trieth him, giving him honour and gifts, then saith he, (puffed up), "My Lord hath honoured me."
فأما الإنسان إذا ما ابتلاه ربه فأكرمه ونعمه فيقول ربي أكرمن
فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ
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
But when He trieth him, restricting his subsistence for him, then saith he (in despair), "My Lord hath humiliated me!"
وأما إذا ما ابتلاه فقدر عليه رزقه فيقول ربي أهانن
وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَٰنَنِ
No! But you do not honor the orphan
Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema
Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!
كلا ۖ بل لا تكرمون اليتيم
كَلَّا بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ
And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.
Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni
Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor! -
ولا تحاضون على طعام المسكين
وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ
And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,
Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman
And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,
وتأكلون التراث أكلا لما
وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا
And you love wealth with immense love.
Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman
And ye love wealth with inordinate love!
وتحبون المال حبا جما
وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا
No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed -
Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan
Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,
كلا إذا دكت الأرض دكا دكا
كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا
And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon rank,
Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan
And thy Lord cometh, and His angels, rank upon rank,
وجاء ربك والملك صفا صفا
وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا
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
And Hell, that Day, is brought (face to face), - on that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance profit him?
وجيء يومئذ بجهنم ۚ يومئذ يتذكر الإنسان وأنى له الذكرى
وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ
He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."
Yaqoolu ya laytanee qaddamtu lihayatee
He will say: "Ah! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my (Future) Life!"
يقول يا ليتني قدمت لحياتي
يَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى
So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment,
Fayawmaithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu ahadun
For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict,
فيومئذ لا يعذب عذابه أحد
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers].
Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun
And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.
ولا يوثق وثاقه أحد
وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,
Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu
(To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction!
يا أيتها النفس المطمئنة
يَٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ
Return to your Lord, well - pleased and pleasing [to Him],
IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan
"Come back thou to thy Lord, - well pleased (thyself), and well - pleasing unto Him!
ارجعي إلى ربك راضية مرضية
ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً
And enter among My [righteous] servants
Faodkhulee fee AAibadee
"Enter thou, then, among My devotees!
فادخلي في عبادي
فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَٰدِى
And enter My Paradise."
Waodkhulee jannatee
"Yea, enter thou My Heaven!
وادخلي جنتي
وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى