Chapter 89, 30 verses
By the break of Day
Waalfajri
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالْفَجْرِ
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the dawn;
By the Nights twice five;
Walayalin AAashrin
وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ
By the ten nights (i.e. the first ten days of the month of Dhul-Hijjah) ,
By the even and odd (contrasted);
WaalshshafAAi waalwatri
وَالشَّفْعِ وَالْوَتْرِ
And by the even and the odd (of all the creations of Allah).
And by the Night when it passeth away; -
Waallayli itha yasri
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ
And by the night when it departs.
Is there (not) in these an adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand?
Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin
هَلْ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِي حِجْرٍ
There is indeed in them (the above oaths) sufficient proofs for men of understanding (and that, they should avoid all kinds of sins and disbeliefs)!
Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad (people), -
Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
Saw you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) not how your Lord dealt with 'Ad (people)
Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,
Irama thati alAAimadi
إِرَمَ ذَاتِ الْعِمَادِ
Of Iram (who were very tall) like (lofty) pillars,
The like of which were not produced in (all) the land?
Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi
الَّتِي لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِي الْبِلَادِ
The like of which were not created in the land?
And with the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley? -
Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi
وَثَمُودَ الَّذِينَ جَابُوا الصَّخْرَ بِالْوَادِ
And (with) Thamud (people), who hewed out rocks in the valley (to make dwellings)?
And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?
WafirAAawna thee alawtadi
وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِي الْأَوْتَادِ
And (with) Fir'aun (Pharaoh) who had the stakes (to torture men by binding them to the stakes)?
(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,
Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi
الَّذِينَ طَغَوْا فِي الْبِلَادِ
Who did transgress beyond bounds in the lands (in the disobedience of Allah).
And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).
Faaktharoo feeha alfasada
فَأَكْثَرُوا فِيهَا الْفَسَادَ
And made therein much mischief.
Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements:
Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin
فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ
So your Lord poured on them different kinds of severe torment.
For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch - tower.
Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِالْمِرْصَادِ
Verily, your Lord is Ever Watchful (over them).
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
فَأَمَّا الْإِنسَانُ إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ رَبُّهُ فَأَكْرَمَهُ وَنَعَّمَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَكْرَمَنِ
As for man, when his Lord tries him by giving him honour and bounties, then he says (in exultation): "My Lord has honoured 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
وَأَمَّا إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَهَانَنِ
But when He tries him by straitening his means of life, he says: "My Lord has humiliated me!"
Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!
Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema
كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ الْيَتِيمَ
Nay! But you treat not the orphans with kindness and generosity (i.e. you neither treat them well, nor give them their exact right of inheritance)!
Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor! -
Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni
وَلَا تَحَاضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ
And urge not one another on the feeding of Al-Miskin (the poor)!
And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,
Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman
وَتَأْكُلُونَ التُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا
And you devour the inheritance all with greed.
And ye love wealth with inordinate love!
Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman
وَتُحِبُّونَ الْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا
And you love wealth with much love.
Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,
Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan
كَلَّا إِذَا دُكَّتِ الْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا
Nay! When the earth is ground to powder.
And thy Lord cometh, and His angels, rank upon rank,
Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan
وَجَاءَ رَبُّكَ وَالْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا
And your Lord comes with the angels in rows.
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
وَجِيءَ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنسَانُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ الذِّكْرَىٰ
And Hell will be brought near that Day. On that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance (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
يَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِي
He will say: "Alas! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my life!"
For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict,
Fayawmaithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu ahadun
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُ أَحَدٌ
So on that Day none will punish as He will punish.
And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.
Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun
وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُ أَحَدٌ
And none will bind (the wicked, disbelievers and polytheists) as He will bind.
(To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction!
Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu
يَا أَيَّتُهَا النَّفْسُ الْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ
(It will be said to the pious believers of Islamic Monotheism): "O (you) the one in (complete) rest and satisfaction!
"Come back thou to thy Lord, - well pleased (thyself), and well - pleasing unto Him!
IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan
ارْجِعِي إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً
"Come back to your Lord well-pleased (yourself) and well-pleasing (unto Him)!
"Enter thou, then, among My devotees!
Faodkhulee fee AAibadee
فَادْخُلِي فِي عِبَادِي
"Enter you then among My (honoured) slaves,
"Yea, enter thou My Heaven!
Waodkhulee jannatee
وَادْخُلِي جَنَّتِي
"And enter you My Paradise!"