Chapter 89, 30 verses
By the dawn
وَٱلْفَجْرِ
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالْفَجْرِ
And [by] ten nights
وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ
وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ
And [by] the even [number] and the odd
وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ
وَالشَّفْعِ وَالْوَتْرِ
And [by] the night when it passes,
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ
Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?
هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ
هَلْ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِي حِجْرٍ
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad -
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,
إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ
إِرَمَ ذَاتِ الْعِمَادِ
The likes of whom had never been created in the land?
ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ
الَّتِي لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِي الْبِلَادِ
And [with] Thamud, who carved out the rocks in the valley?
وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ
وَثَمُودَ الَّذِينَ جَابُوا الصَّخْرَ بِالْوَادِ
And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? -
وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ
وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِي الْأَوْتَادِ
[All of] whom oppressed within the lands
ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ
الَّذِينَ طَغَوْا فِي الْبِلَادِ
And increased therein the corruption.
فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ
فَأَكْثَرُوا فِيهَا الْفَسَادَ
So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.
فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ
فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ
Indeed, your Lord is in observation.
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِالْمِرْصَادِ
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 ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ
فَأَمَّا الْإِنسَانُ إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ رَبُّهُ فَأَكْرَمَهُ وَنَعَّمَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَكْرَمَنِ
But when He tries him and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated me."
وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَٰنَنِ
وَأَمَّا إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَهَانَنِ
No! But you do not honor the orphan
كَلَّا بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ
كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ الْيَتِيمَ
And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.
وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ
وَلَا تَحَاضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ
And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,
وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا
وَتَأْكُلُونَ التُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا
And you love wealth with immense love.
وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا
وَتُحِبُّونَ الْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا
No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed -
كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا
كَلَّا إِذَا دُكَّتِ الْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا
And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon rank,
وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا
وَجَاءَ رَبُّكَ وَالْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا
And brought [within view], that Day, is Hell - that Day, man will remember, but what good to him will be the remembrance?
وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ
وَجِيءَ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنسَانُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ الذِّكْرَىٰ
He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."
يَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى
يَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِي
So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment,
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُ أَحَدٌ
And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers].
وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُ أَحَدٌ
[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,
يَٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ
يَا أَيَّتُهَا النَّفْسُ الْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ
Return to your Lord, well - pleased and pleasing [to Him],
ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً
ارْجِعِي إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً
And enter among My [righteous] servants
فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَٰدِى
فَادْخُلِي فِي عِبَادِي
And enter My Paradise."
وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى
وَادْخُلِي جَنَّتِي