Chapter 89, 30 verses
By the dawn
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the dawn;
Waalfajri
وَٱلْفَجْرِ
And [by] ten nights
By the ten nights (i.e. the first ten days of the month of Dhul-Hijjah) ,
Walayalin AAashrin
وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ
And [by] the even [number] and the odd
And by the even and the odd (of all the creations of Allah).
WaalshshafAAi waalwatri
وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ
And [by] the night when it passes,
And by the night when it departs.
Waallayli itha yasri
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ
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)!
Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin
هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ
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)
Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,
Of Iram (who were very tall) like (lofty) pillars,
Irama thati alAAimadi
إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ
The likes of whom had never been created in the land?
The like of which were not created in the land?
Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi
ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ
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)?
Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi
وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ
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)?
WafirAAawna thee alawtadi
وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ
[All of] whom oppressed within the lands
Who did transgress beyond bounds in the lands (in the disobedience of Allah).
Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi
ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ
And increased therein the corruption.
And made therein much mischief.
Faaktharoo feeha alfasada
فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ
So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.
So your Lord poured on them different kinds of severe torment.
Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin
فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ
Indeed, your Lord is in observation.
Verily, your Lord is Ever Watchful (over them).
Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi
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."
As for man, when his Lord tries him by giving him honour and bounties, then he says (in exultation): "My Lord has honoured me."
Faamma alinsanu itha ma ibtalahu rabbuhu faakramahu wanaAAAAamahu fayaqoolu rabbee akramani
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."
But when He tries him by straitening his means of life, he says: "My Lord has humiliated me!"
Waamma itha ma ibtalahu faqadara AAalayhi rizqahu fayaqoolu rabbee ahanani
وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَٰنَنِ
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)!
Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema
كَلَّا بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ
And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.
And urge not one another on the feeding of Al-Miskin (the poor)!
Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni
وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ
And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,
And you devour the inheritance all with greed.
Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman
وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا
And you love wealth with immense love.
And you love wealth with much love.
Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman
وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا
No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed -
Nay! When the earth is ground to powder.
Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan
كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا
And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon rank,
And your Lord comes with the angels in rows.
Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan
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?
And Hell will be brought near that Day. On that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance (then) avail him?
Wajeea yawmaithin bijahannama yawmaithin yatathakkaru alinsanu waanna lahu alththikra
وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ
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!"
Yaqoolu ya laytanee qaddamtu lihayatee
يَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى
So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment,
So on that Day none will punish as He will punish.
Fayawmaithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu ahadun
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
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.
Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun
وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
[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!
Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu
يَٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ
Return to your Lord, well - pleased and pleasing [to Him],
"Come back to your Lord well-pleased (yourself) and well-pleasing (unto Him)!
IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan
ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً
And enter among My [righteous] servants
"Enter you then among My (honoured) slaves,
Faodkhulee fee AAibadee
فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَٰدِى
And enter My Paradise."
"And enter you My Paradise!"
Waodkhulee jannatee
وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى