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
By the break of Day
And [by] ten nights
By the ten nights (i.e. the first ten days of the month of Dhul-Hijjah) ,
وليال عشر
By the Nights twice five;
And [by] the even [number] and the odd
And by the even and the odd (of all the creations of Allah).
والشفع والوتر
By the even and odd (contrasted);
And [by] the night when it passes,
And by the night when it departs.
والليل إذا يسر
And by the Night when it passeth away; -
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
Is there (not) in these an adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand?
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
Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad (people), -
[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,
Of Iram (who were very tall) like (lofty) pillars,
إرم ذات العماد
Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,
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
The like of which were not produced in (all) the land?
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
And with the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley? -
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
And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?
[All of] whom oppressed within the lands
Who did transgress beyond bounds in the lands (in the disobedience of Allah).
الذين طغوا في البلاد
(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,
And increased therein the corruption.
And made therein much mischief.
فأكثروا فيها الفساد
And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).
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
Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements:
Indeed, your Lord is in observation.
Verily, your Lord is Ever Watchful (over them).
إن ربك لبالمرصاد
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."
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
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."
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
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
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
Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!
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
Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor! -
And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,
And you devour the inheritance all with greed.
وتأكلون التراث أكلا لما
And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,
And you love wealth with immense love.
And you love wealth with much love.
وتحبون المال حبا جما
And ye love wealth with inordinate love!
No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed -
Nay! When the earth is ground to powder.
كلا إذا دكت الأرض دكا دكا
Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,
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
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?
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
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."
He will say: "Alas! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my life!"
يقول يا ليتني قدمت لحياتي
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,
So on that Day none will punish as He will punish.
فيومئذ لا يعذب عذابه أحد
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].
And none will bind (the wicked, disbelievers and polytheists) as He will bind.
ولا يوثق وثاقه أحد
And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.
[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
(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],
"Come back to your Lord well-pleased (yourself) and well-pleasing (unto Him)!
ارجعي إلى ربك راضية مرضية
"Come back thou to thy Lord, - well pleased (thyself), and well - pleasing unto Him!
And enter among My [righteous] servants
"Enter you then among My (honoured) slaves,
فادخلي في عبادي
"Enter thou, then, among My devotees!
And enter My Paradise."
"And enter you My Paradise!"
وادخلي جنتي
"Yea, enter thou My Heaven!