Chapter 89, 30 verses
By the dawn
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالْفَجْرِ
By the break of Day
And [by] ten nights
وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ
By the Nights twice five;
And [by] the even [number] and the odd
وَالشَّفْعِ وَالْوَتْرِ
By the even and odd (contrasted);
And [by] the night when it passes,
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ
And by the Night when it passeth away; -
Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?
هَلْ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِي حِجْرٍ
Is there (not) in these an adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand?
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad -
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad (people), -
[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,
إِرَمَ ذَاتِ الْعِمَادِ
Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,
The likes of whom had never been created in the land?
الَّتِي لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِي الْبِلَادِ
The like of which were not produced in (all) the land?
And [with] Thamud, who carved out the rocks in the valley?
وَثَمُودَ الَّذِينَ جَابُوا الصَّخْرَ بِالْوَادِ
And with the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley? -
And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? -
وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِي الْأَوْتَادِ
And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?
[All of] whom oppressed within the lands
الَّذِينَ طَغَوْا فِي الْبِلَادِ
(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,
And increased therein the corruption.
فَأَكْثَرُوا فِيهَا الْفَسَادَ
And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).
So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.
فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ
Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements:
Indeed, your Lord is in observation.
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِالْمِرْصَادِ
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."
فَأَمَّا الْإِنسَانُ إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ رَبُّهُ فَأَكْرَمَهُ وَنَعَّمَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَكْرَمَنِ
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."
وَأَمَّا إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَهَانَنِ
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
كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ الْيَتِيمَ
Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!
And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.
وَلَا تَحَاضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ
Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor! -
And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,
وَتَأْكُلُونَ التُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا
And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,
And you love wealth with immense love.
وَتُحِبُّونَ الْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا
And ye love wealth with inordinate love!
No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed -
كَلَّا إِذَا دُكَّتِ الْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا
Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,
And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon rank,
وَجَاءَ رَبُّكَ وَالْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا
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?
وَجِيءَ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنسَانُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ الذِّكْرَىٰ
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."
يَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِي
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,
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُ أَحَدٌ
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].
وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُ أَحَدٌ
And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.
[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,
يَا أَيَّتُهَا النَّفْسُ الْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ
(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],
ارْجِعِي إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً
"Come back thou to thy Lord, - well pleased (thyself), and well - pleasing unto Him!
And enter among My [righteous] servants
فَادْخُلِي فِي عِبَادِي
"Enter thou, then, among My devotees!
And enter My Paradise."
وَادْخُلِي جَنَّتِي
"Yea, enter thou My Heaven!