Chapter 89, 30 verses
By the break of Day
I swear by the daybreak,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والفجر
Waalfajri
وَٱلْفَجْرِ
By the Nights twice five;
And the ten nights,
وليال عشر
Walayalin AAashrin
وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ
By the even and odd (contrasted);
And the even and the odd,
والشفع والوتر
WaalshshafAAi waalwatri
وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ
And by the Night when it passeth away; -
And the night when it departs.
والليل إذا يسر
Waallayli itha yasri
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ
Is there (not) in these an adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand?
Truly in that there is an oath for those who possess understanding.
هل في ذلك قسم لذي حجر
Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin
هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ
Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad (people), -
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with Ad,
ألم تر كيف فعل ربك بعاد
Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,
(The people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings,
إرم ذات العماد
Irama thati alAAimadi
إِرَمَ ذَاتِ ٱلْعِمَادِ
The like of which were not produced in (all) the land?
The like of which were not created in the (other) cities;
التي لم يخلق مثلها في البلاد
Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi
ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ
And with the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley? -
And (with) Samood, who hewed out the rocks in the valley,
وثمود الذين جابوا الصخر بالواد
Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi
وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ
And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?
And (with) Firon, the lord of hosts,
وفرعون ذي الأوتاد
WafirAAawna thee alawtadi
وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ
(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,
Who committed inordinacy in the cities,
الذين طغوا في البلاد
Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi
ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ
And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).
So they made great mischief therein?
فأكثروا فيها الفساد
Faaktharoo feeha alfasada
فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ
Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements:
Therefore your Lord let down upon them a portion of the chastisement.
فصب عليهم ربك سوط عذاب
Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin
فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ
For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch - tower.
Most surely your Lord is watching.
إن ربك لبالمرصاد
Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ
Now, as for man, when his Lord trieth him, giving him honour and gifts, then saith he, (puffed up), "My Lord hath honoured me."
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.
فأما الإنسان إذا ما ابتلاه ربه فأكرمه ونعمه فيقول ربي أكرمن
Faamma alinsanu itha ma ibtalahu rabbuhu faakramahu wanaAAAAamahu fayaqoolu rabbee akramani
فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ
But when He trieth him, restricting his subsistence for him, then saith he (in despair), "My Lord hath humiliated me!"
But when He tries him (differently), then straitens to him his means of subsistence, he says: My Lord has disgraced me.
وأما إذا ما ابتلاه فقدر عليه رزقه فيقول ربي أهانن
Waamma itha ma ibtalahu faqadara AAalayhi rizqahu fayaqoolu rabbee ahanani
وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَٰنَنِ
Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!
Nay! but you do not honor the orphan,
كلا ۖ بل لا تكرمون اليتيم
Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema
كَلَّا بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ
Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor! -
Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor,
ولا تحاضون على طعام المسكين
Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni
وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ
And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,
And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything) indiscriminately,
وتأكلون التراث أكلا لما
Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman
وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا
And ye love wealth with inordinate love!
And you love wealth with exceeding love.
وتحبون المال حبا جما
Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman
وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا
Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,
Nay! when the earth is made to crumble to pieces,
كلا إذا دكت الأرض دكا دكا
Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan
كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا
And thy Lord cometh, and His angels, rank upon rank,
And your Lord comes and (also) the angels in ranks,
وجاء ربك والملك صفا صفا
Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan
وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا
And Hell, that Day, is brought (face to face), - on that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance profit him?
And hell is made to appear on that day. On that day shall man be mindful, and what shall being mindful (then) avail him?
وجيء يومئذ بجهنم ۚ يومئذ يتذكر الإنسان وأنى له الذكرى
Wajeea yawmaithin bijahannama yawmaithin yatathakkaru alinsanu waanna lahu alththikra
وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ
He will say: "Ah! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my (Future) Life!"
He shall say: O! would that I had sent before for (this) my life!
يقول يا ليتني قدمت لحياتي
Yaqoolu ya laytanee qaddamtu lihayatee
يَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى
For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict,
But on that day shall no one chastise with (anything like) His chastisement,
فيومئذ لا يعذب عذابه أحد
Fayawmaithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu ahadun
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.
And no one shall bind with (anything like) His binding.
ولا يوثق وثاقه أحد
Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun
وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
(To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction!
O soul that art at rest!
يا أيتها النفس المطمئنة
Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu
يَٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ
"Come back thou to thy Lord, - well pleased (thyself), and well - pleasing unto Him!
Return to your Lord, well - pleased (with him), well - pleasing (Him),
ارجعي إلى ربك راضية مرضية
IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan
ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً
"Enter thou, then, among My devotees!
So enter among My servants,
فادخلي في عبادي
Faodkhulee fee AAibadee
فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَٰدِى
"Yea, enter thou My Heaven!
And enter into My garden.
وادخلي جنتي
Waodkhulee jannatee
وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى