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