Chapter 89, 30 verses
By the break of Day
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والفجر
By the dawn
By the Nights twice five;
وليال عشر
And [by] ten nights
By the even and odd (contrasted);
والشفع والوتر
And [by] the even [number] and the odd
And by the Night when it passeth away; -
والليل إذا يسر
And [by] the night when it passes,
Is there (not) in these an adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand?
هل في ذلك قسم لذي حجر
Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?
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 'Aad -
Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,
إرم ذات العماد
[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,
The like of which were not produced in (all) the land?
التي لم يخلق مثلها في البلاد
The likes of whom had never been created in the land?
And with the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley? -
وثمود الذين جابوا الصخر بالواد
And [with] Thamud, who carved out the rocks in the valley?
And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?
وفرعون ذي الأوتاد
And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? -
(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,
الذين طغوا في البلاد
[All of] whom oppressed within the lands
And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).
فأكثروا فيها الفساد
And increased therein the corruption.
Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements:
فصب عليهم ربك سوط عذاب
So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.
For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch - tower.
إن ربك لبالمرصاد
Indeed, your Lord is in observation.
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 and [thus] is generous to him and favors him, he says, "My Lord has honored 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 and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated me."
Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!
كلا ۖ بل لا تكرمون اليتيم
No! But you do not honor the orphan
Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor! -
ولا تحاضون على طعام المسكين
And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.
And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,
وتأكلون التراث أكلا لما
And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,
And ye love wealth with inordinate love!
وتحبون المال حبا جما
And you love wealth with immense love.
Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,
كلا إذا دكت الأرض دكا دكا
No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed -
And thy Lord cometh, and His angels, rank upon rank,
وجاء ربك والملك صفا صفا
And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon 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 brought [within view], that Day, is Hell - that Day, man will remember, but what good to him will be the remembrance?
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, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."
For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict,
فيومئذ لا يعذب عذابه أحد
So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment,
And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.
ولا يوثق وثاقه أحد
And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers].
(To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction!
يا أيتها النفس المطمئنة
[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,
"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 and pleasing [to Him],
"Enter thou, then, among My devotees!
فادخلي في عبادي
And enter among My [righteous] servants
"Yea, enter thou My Heaven!
وادخلي جنتي
And enter My Paradise."