Chapter 89, 30 verses
By the dawn
Waalfajri
By the break of Day
And [by] ten nights
Walayalin AAashrin
By the Nights twice five;
And [by] the even [number] and the odd
WaalshshafAAi waalwatri
By the even and odd (contrasted);
And [by] the night when it passes,
Waallayli itha yasri
And by the Night when it passeth away; -
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?
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), -
[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,
Irama thati alAAimadi
Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,
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?
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? -
And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? -
WafirAAawna thee alawtadi
And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?
[All of] whom oppressed within the lands
Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi
(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,
And increased therein the corruption.
Faaktharoo feeha alfasada
And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).
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:
Indeed, your Lord is in observation.
Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi
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."
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."
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!"
No! But you do not honor the orphan
Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema
Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!
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! -
And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,
Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman
And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,
And you love wealth with immense love.
Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman
And ye love wealth with inordinate love!
No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed -
Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan
Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,
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,
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?
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!"
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,
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.
[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!
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!
And enter among My [righteous] servants
Faodkhulee fee AAibadee
"Enter thou, then, among My devotees!
And enter My Paradise."
Waodkhulee jannatee
"Yea, enter thou My Heaven!