Chapter 89, 30 verses
By the break of Day
I swear by the daybreak,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والفجر
وَٱلْفَجْرِ
By the Nights twice five;
And the ten nights,
وليال عشر
وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ
By the even and odd (contrasted);
And the even and the odd,
والشفع والوتر
وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ
And by the Night when it passeth away; -
And the night when it departs.
والليل إذا يسر
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
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
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
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
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
وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ
And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?
And (with) Firon, the lord of hosts,
وفرعون ذي الأوتاد
وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ
(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,
Who committed inordinacy in the cities,
الذين طغوا في البلاد
ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ
And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).
So they made great mischief therein?
فأكثروا فيها الفساد
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا
And ye love wealth with inordinate love!
And you love wealth with exceeding love.
وتحبون المال حبا جما
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً
"Enter thou, then, among My devotees!
So enter among My servants,
فادخلي في عبادي
فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَٰدِى
"Yea, enter thou My Heaven!
And enter into My garden.
وادخلي جنتي
وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى