Chapter 89, 30 verses
By the dawn
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the dawn;
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والفجر
Waalfajri
And [by] ten nights
By the ten nights (i.e. the first ten days of the month of Dhul-Hijjah) ,
وليال عشر
Walayalin AAashrin
And [by] the even [number] and the odd
And by the even and the odd (of all the creations of Allah).
والشفع والوتر
WaalshshafAAi waalwatri
And [by] the night when it passes,
And by the night when it departs.
والليل إذا يسر
Waallayli itha yasri
Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?
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)!
هل في ذلك قسم لذي حجر
Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad -
Saw you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) not how your Lord dealt with 'Ad (people)
ألم تر كيف فعل ربك بعاد
Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin
[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,
Of Iram (who were very tall) like (lofty) pillars,
إرم ذات العماد
Irama thati alAAimadi
The likes of whom had never been created in the land?
The like of which were not created in the land?
التي لم يخلق مثلها في البلاد
Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi
And [with] Thamud, who carved out the rocks in the valley?
And (with) Thamud (people), who hewed out rocks in the valley (to make dwellings)?
وثمود الذين جابوا الصخر بالواد
Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi
And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? -
And (with) Fir'aun (Pharaoh) who had the stakes (to torture men by binding them to the stakes)?
وفرعون ذي الأوتاد
WafirAAawna thee alawtadi
[All of] whom oppressed within the lands
Who did transgress beyond bounds in the lands (in the disobedience of Allah).
الذين طغوا في البلاد
Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi
And increased therein the corruption.
And made therein much mischief.
فأكثروا فيها الفساد
Faaktharoo feeha alfasada
So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.
So your Lord poured on them different kinds of severe torment.
فصب عليهم ربك سوط عذاب
Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin
Indeed, your Lord is in observation.
Verily, your Lord is Ever Watchful (over them).
إن ربك لبالمرصاد
Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi
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."
As for man, when his Lord tries him by giving him honour and bounties, then he says (in exultation): "My Lord has honoured me."
فأما الإنسان إذا ما ابتلاه ربه فأكرمه ونعمه فيقول ربي أكرمن
Faamma alinsanu itha ma ibtalahu rabbuhu faakramahu wanaAAAAamahu fayaqoolu rabbee akramani
But when He tries him and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated me."
But when He tries him by straitening his means of life, he says: "My Lord has humiliated me!"
وأما إذا ما ابتلاه فقدر عليه رزقه فيقول ربي أهانن
Waamma itha ma ibtalahu faqadara AAalayhi rizqahu fayaqoolu rabbee ahanani
No! But you do not honor the orphan
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)!
كلا ۖ بل لا تكرمون اليتيم
Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema
And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.
And urge not one another on the feeding of Al-Miskin (the poor)!
ولا تحاضون على طعام المسكين
Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni
And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,
And you devour the inheritance all with greed.
وتأكلون التراث أكلا لما
Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman
And you love wealth with immense love.
And you love wealth with much love.
وتحبون المال حبا جما
Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman
No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed -
Nay! When the earth is ground to powder.
كلا إذا دكت الأرض دكا دكا
Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan
And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon rank,
And your Lord comes with the angels in rows.
وجاء ربك والملك صفا صفا
Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan
And brought [within view], that Day, is Hell - that Day, man will remember, but what good to him will be the remembrance?
And Hell will be brought near that Day. On that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance (then) avail him?
وجيء يومئذ بجهنم ۚ يومئذ يتذكر الإنسان وأنى له الذكرى
Wajeea yawmaithin bijahannama yawmaithin yatathakkaru alinsanu waanna lahu alththikra
He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."
He will say: "Alas! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my life!"
يقول يا ليتني قدمت لحياتي
Yaqoolu ya laytanee qaddamtu lihayatee
So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment,
So on that Day none will punish as He will punish.
فيومئذ لا يعذب عذابه أحد
Fayawmaithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu ahadun
And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers].
And none will bind (the wicked, disbelievers and polytheists) as He will bind.
ولا يوثق وثاقه أحد
Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun
[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,
(It will be said to the pious believers of Islamic Monotheism): "O (you) the one in (complete) rest and satisfaction!
يا أيتها النفس المطمئنة
Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu
Return to your Lord, well - pleased and pleasing [to Him],
"Come back to your Lord well-pleased (yourself) and well-pleasing (unto Him)!
ارجعي إلى ربك راضية مرضية
IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan
And enter among My [righteous] servants
"Enter you then among My (honoured) slaves,
فادخلي في عبادي
Faodkhulee fee AAibadee
And enter My Paradise."
"And enter you My Paradise!"
وادخلي جنتي
Waodkhulee jannatee