Chapter 89, 30 verses
By the break of Day
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والفجر
I swear by the daybreak,
By the Nights twice five;
وليال عشر
And the 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 departs.
Is there (not) in these an adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand?
هل في ذلك قسم لذي حجر
Truly in that there is an oath for those who possess understanding.
Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad (people), -
ألم تر كيف فعل ربك بعاد
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with Ad,
Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,
إرم ذات العماد
(The people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings,
The like of which were not produced in (all) the land?
التي لم يخلق مثلها في البلاد
The like of which were not created in the (other) cities;
And with the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley? -
وثمود الذين جابوا الصخر بالواد
And (with) Samood, who hewed out the rocks in the valley,
And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?
وفرعون ذي الأوتاد
And (with) Firon, the lord of hosts,
(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,
الذين طغوا في البلاد
Who committed inordinacy in the cities,
And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).
فأكثروا فيها الفساد
So they made great mischief therein?
Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements:
فصب عليهم ربك سوط عذاب
Therefore your Lord let down upon them a portion of the chastisement.
For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch - tower.
إن ربك لبالمرصاد
Most surely your Lord is watching.
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
And as for man, when his Lord tries him, then treats him with honor and makes him lead an easy life, he says: My Lord honors 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 when He tries him (differently), then straitens to him his means of subsistence, he says: My Lord has disgraced me.
Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!
كلا ۖ بل لا تكرمون اليتيم
Nay! but you do not honor the orphan,
Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor! -
ولا تحاضون على طعام المسكين
Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor,
And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,
وتأكلون التراث أكلا لما
And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything) indiscriminately,
And ye love wealth with inordinate love!
وتحبون المال حبا جما
And you love wealth with exceeding love.
Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,
كلا إذا دكت الأرض دكا دكا
Nay! when the earth is made to crumble to pieces,
And thy Lord cometh, and His angels, rank upon rank,
وجاء ربك والملك صفا صفا
And your Lord comes and (also) the angels in ranks,
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 made to appear on that day. On that day shall man be mindful, and what shall being mindful (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 shall say: O! would that I had sent before for (this) my life!
For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict,
فيومئذ لا يعذب عذابه أحد
But on that day shall no one chastise with (anything like) His chastisement,
And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.
ولا يوثق وثاقه أحد
And no one shall bind with (anything like) His binding.
(To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction!
يا أيتها النفس المطمئنة
O soul that art at rest!
"Come back thou to thy Lord, - well pleased (thyself), and well - pleasing unto Him!
ارجعي إلى ربك راضية مرضية
Return to your Lord, well - pleased (with him), well - pleasing (Him),
"Enter thou, then, among My devotees!
فادخلي في عبادي
So enter among My servants,
"Yea, enter thou My Heaven!
وادخلي جنتي
And enter into My garden.