Chapter 89, 30 verses
By the break of Day
Waalfajri
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والفجر
By the Nights twice five;
Walayalin AAashrin
وليال عشر
By the even and odd (contrasted);
WaalshshafAAi waalwatri
والشفع والوتر
And by the Night when it passeth away; -
Waallayli itha yasri
والليل إذا يسر
Is there (not) in these an adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand?
Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin
هل في ذلك قسم لذي حجر
Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad (people), -
Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin
ألم تر كيف فعل ربك بعاد
Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,
Irama thati alAAimadi
إرم ذات العماد
The like of which were not produced in (all) the land?
Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi
التي لم يخلق مثلها في البلاد
And with the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley? -
Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi
وثمود الذين جابوا الصخر بالواد
And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?
WafirAAawna thee alawtadi
وفرعون ذي الأوتاد
(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,
Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi
الذين طغوا في البلاد
And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).
Faaktharoo feeha alfasada
فأكثروا فيها الفساد
Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements:
Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin
فصب عليهم ربك سوط عذاب
For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch - tower.
Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi
إن ربك لبالمرصاد
Now, as for man, when his Lord trieth him, giving him honour and gifts, then saith he, (puffed up), "My Lord hath honoured me."
Faamma alinsanu itha ma ibtalahu rabbuhu faakramahu wanaAAAAamahu fayaqoolu rabbee akramani
فأما الإنسان إذا ما ابتلاه ربه فأكرمه ونعمه فيقول ربي أكرمن
But when He trieth him, restricting his subsistence for him, then saith he (in despair), "My Lord hath humiliated me!"
Waamma itha ma ibtalahu faqadara AAalayhi rizqahu fayaqoolu rabbee ahanani
وأما إذا ما ابتلاه فقدر عليه رزقه فيقول ربي أهانن
Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!
Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema
كلا ۖ بل لا تكرمون اليتيم
Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor! -
Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni
ولا تحاضون على طعام المسكين
And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,
Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman
وتأكلون التراث أكلا لما
And ye love wealth with inordinate love!
Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman
وتحبون المال حبا جما
Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,
Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan
كلا إذا دكت الأرض دكا دكا
And thy Lord cometh, and His angels, rank upon rank,
Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan
وجاء ربك والملك صفا صفا
And Hell, that Day, is brought (face to face), - on that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance profit him?
Wajeea yawmaithin bijahannama yawmaithin yatathakkaru alinsanu waanna lahu alththikra
وجيء يومئذ بجهنم ۚ يومئذ يتذكر الإنسان وأنى له الذكرى
He will say: "Ah! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my (Future) Life!"
Yaqoolu ya laytanee qaddamtu lihayatee
يقول يا ليتني قدمت لحياتي
For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict,
Fayawmaithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu ahadun
فيومئذ لا يعذب عذابه أحد
And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.
Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun
ولا يوثق وثاقه أحد
(To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction!
Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu
يا أيتها النفس المطمئنة
"Come back thou to thy Lord, - well pleased (thyself), and well - pleasing unto Him!
IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan
ارجعي إلى ربك راضية مرضية
"Enter thou, then, among My devotees!
Faodkhulee fee AAibadee
فادخلي في عبادي
"Yea, enter thou My Heaven!
Waodkhulee jannatee
وادخلي جنتي