Chapter 89, 30 verses
By the dawn
By the break of Day
Waalfajri
And [by] ten nights
By the Nights twice five;
Walayalin AAashrin
And [by] the even [number] and the odd
By the even and odd (contrasted);
WaalshshafAAi waalwatri
And [by] the night when it passes,
And by the Night when it passeth away; -
Waallayli itha yasri
Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?
Is there (not) in these an adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand?
Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad -
Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad (people), -
Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin
[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,
Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,
Irama thati alAAimadi
The likes of whom had never been created in the land?
The like of which were not produced in (all) the land?
Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi
And [with] Thamud, who carved out the rocks in the valley?
And with the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley? -
Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi
And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? -
And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?
WafirAAawna thee alawtadi
[All of] whom oppressed within the lands
(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,
Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi
And increased therein the corruption.
And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).
Faaktharoo feeha alfasada
So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.
Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements:
Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin
Indeed, your Lord is in observation.
For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch - tower.
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."
Now, as for man, when his Lord trieth him, giving him honour and gifts, then saith he, (puffed up), "My Lord hath honoured me."
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 trieth him, restricting his subsistence for him, then saith he (in despair), "My Lord hath humiliated me!"
Waamma itha ma ibtalahu faqadara AAalayhi rizqahu fayaqoolu rabbee ahanani
No! But you do not honor the orphan
Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!
Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema
And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.
Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor! -
Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni
And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,
And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,
Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman
And you love wealth with immense love.
And ye love wealth with inordinate love!
Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman
No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed -
Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,
Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan
And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon rank,
And thy Lord cometh, and His angels, rank upon rank,
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, that Day, is brought (face to face), - on that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance profit him?
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: "Ah! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my (Future) Life!"
Yaqoolu ya laytanee qaddamtu lihayatee
So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment,
For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict,
Fayawmaithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu ahadun
And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers].
And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.
Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun
[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,
(To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction!
Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu
Return to your Lord, well - pleased and pleasing [to Him],
"Come back thou to thy Lord, - well pleased (thyself), and well - pleasing unto Him!
IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan
And enter among My [righteous] servants
"Enter thou, then, among My devotees!
Faodkhulee fee AAibadee
And enter My Paradise."
"Yea, enter thou My Heaven!
Waodkhulee jannatee