Chapter 89, 30 verses
By the break of Day
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والفجر
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the Dawn
By the Nights twice five;
وليال عشر
And ten nights,
By the even and odd (contrasted);
والشفع والوتر
And the Even and the Odd,
And by the Night when it passeth away; -
والليل إذا يسر
And the night when it departeth,
Is there (not) in these an adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand?
هل في ذلك قسم لذي حجر
There surely is an oath for thinking man.
Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad (people), -
ألم تر كيف فعل ربك بعاد
Dost thou not consider how thy Lord dealt with (the tribe of) A'ad,
Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,
إرم ذات العماد
With many - columned Iram,
The like of which were not produced in (all) the land?
التي لم يخلق مثلها في البلاد
The like of which was not created in the lands;
And with the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley? -
وثمود الذين جابوا الصخر بالواد
And with (the tribe of) Thamud, who clove the rocks in the valley;
And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?
وفرعون ذي الأوتاد
And with Pharaoh, firm of might,
(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,
الذين طغوا في البلاد
Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands,
And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).
فأكثروا فيها الفساد
And multiplied iniquity therein ?
Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements:
فصب عليهم ربك سوط عذاب
Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment.
For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch - tower.
إن ربك لبالمرصاد
Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful.
Now, as for man, when his Lord trieth him, giving him honour and gifts, then saith he, (puffed up), "My Lord hath honoured me."
فأما الإنسان إذا ما ابتلاه ربه فأكرمه ونعمه فيقول ربي أكرمن
As for man, whenever his Lord trieth him by honouring him, and is gracious unto him, he saith: My Lord honoureth me.
But when He trieth him, restricting his subsistence for him, then saith he (in despair), "My Lord hath humiliated me!"
وأما إذا ما ابتلاه فقدر عليه رزقه فيقول ربي أهانن
But whenever He trieth him by straitening his means of life, he saith: My Lord despiseth me.
Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!
كلا ۖ بل لا تكرمون اليتيم
Nay, but ye (for your part) honour not the orphan
Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor! -
ولا تحاضون على طعام المسكين
And urge not on the feeding of the poor.
And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,
وتأكلون التراث أكلا لما
And ye devour heritages with devouring greed.
And ye love wealth with inordinate love!
وتحبون المال حبا جما
And love wealth with abounding love.
Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,
كلا إذا دكت الأرض دكا دكا
Nay, but when the earth is ground to atoms, grinding, grinding,
And thy Lord cometh, and His angels, rank upon rank,
وجاء ربك والملك صفا صفا
And thy Lord shall come with angels, rank on rank,
And Hell, that Day, is brought (face to face), - on that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance profit him?
وجيء يومئذ بجهنم ۚ يومئذ يتذكر الإنسان وأنى له الذكرى
And hell is brought near that day; on that day man will remember, but how will the remembrance (then avail him) ?
He will say: "Ah! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my (Future) Life!"
يقول يا ليتني قدمت لحياتي
He will say: Ah, would that I had sent before me (some provision) for my life!
For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict,
فيومئذ لا يعذب عذابه أحد
None punisheth as He will punish on that day!
And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.
ولا يوثق وثاقه أحد
None bindeth as He then will bind.
(To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction!
يا أيتها النفس المطمئنة
But ah! thou soul at peace!
"Come back thou to thy Lord, - well pleased (thyself), and well - pleasing unto Him!
ارجعي إلى ربك راضية مرضية
Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure!
"Enter thou, then, among My devotees!
فادخلي في عبادي
Enter thou among My bondmen!
"Yea, enter thou My Heaven!
وادخلي جنتي
Enter thou My Garden!