Chapter 89, 30 verses
By the break of Day
Waalfajri
I swear by the daybreak,
By the Nights twice five;
Walayalin AAashrin
And the ten nights,
By the even and odd (contrasted);
WaalshshafAAi waalwatri
And the even and the odd,
And by the Night when it passeth away; -
Waallayli itha yasri
And the night when it departs.
Is there (not) in these an adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand?
Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin
Truly in that there is an oath for those who possess understanding.
Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad (people), -
Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with Ad,
Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,
Irama thati alAAimadi
(The people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings,
The like of which were not produced in (all) the land?
Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi
The like of which were not created in the (other) cities;
And with the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley? -
Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi
And (with) Samood, who hewed out the rocks in the valley,
And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?
WafirAAawna thee alawtadi
And (with) Firon, the lord of hosts,
(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,
Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi
Who committed inordinacy in the cities,
And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).
Faaktharoo feeha alfasada
So they made great mischief therein?
Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements:
Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin
Therefore your Lord let down upon them a portion of the chastisement.
For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch - tower.
Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi
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."
Faamma alinsanu itha ma ibtalahu rabbuhu faakramahu wanaAAAAamahu fayaqoolu rabbee akramani
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!"
Waamma itha ma ibtalahu faqadara AAalayhi rizqahu fayaqoolu rabbee ahanani
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!
Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema
Nay! but you do not honor the orphan,
Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor! -
Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni
Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor,
And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,
Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman
And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything) indiscriminately,
And ye love wealth with inordinate love!
Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman
And you love wealth with exceeding love.
Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,
Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan
Nay! when the earth is made to crumble to pieces,
And thy Lord cometh, and His angels, rank upon rank,
Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan
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?
Wajeea yawmaithin bijahannama yawmaithin yatathakkaru alinsanu waanna lahu alththikra
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!"
Yaqoolu ya laytanee qaddamtu lihayatee
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,
Fayawmaithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu ahadun
But on that day shall no one chastise with (anything like) His chastisement,
And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.
Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun
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!
Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu
O soul that art at rest!
"Come back thou to thy Lord, - well pleased (thyself), and well - pleasing unto Him!
IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan
Return to your Lord, well - pleased (with him), well - pleasing (Him),
"Enter thou, then, among My devotees!
Faodkhulee fee AAibadee
So enter among My servants,
"Yea, enter thou My Heaven!
Waodkhulee jannatee
And enter into My garden.