Chapter 89, 30 verses
By the break of Day
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the dawn;
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والفجر
وَٱلْفَجْرِ
By the Nights twice five;
By the ten nights (i.e. the first ten days of the month of Dhul-Hijjah) ,
وليال عشر
وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ
By the even and odd (contrasted);
And by the even and the odd (of all the creations of Allah).
والشفع والوتر
وَٱلشَّفْعِ وَٱلْوَتْرِ
And by the Night when it passeth away; -
And by the night when it departs.
والليل إذا يسر
وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ
Is there (not) in these an adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand?
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)!
هل في ذلك قسم لذي حجر
هَلْ فِى ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِى حِجْرٍ
Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad (people), -
Saw you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) not how your Lord dealt with 'Ad (people)
ألم تر كيف فعل ربك بعاد
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,
Of Iram (who were very tall) like (lofty) pillars,
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 land?
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) Thamud (people), who hewed out rocks in the valley (to make dwellings)?
وثمود الذين جابوا الصخر بالواد
وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ
And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?
And (with) Fir'aun (Pharaoh) who had the stakes (to torture men by binding them to the stakes)?
وفرعون ذي الأوتاد
وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ
(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,
Who did transgress beyond bounds in the lands (in the disobedience of Allah).
الذين طغوا في البلاد
ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ
And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).
And made therein much mischief.
فأكثروا فيها الفساد
فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ
Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements:
So your Lord poured on them different kinds of severe torment.
فصب عليهم ربك سوط عذاب
فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ
For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch - tower.
Verily, your Lord is Ever Watchful (over them).
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."
As for man, when his Lord tries him by giving him honour and bounties, then he says (in exultation): "My Lord has honoured 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 by straitening his means of life, he says: "My Lord has humiliated 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 treat not the orphans with kindness and generosity (i.e. you neither treat them well, nor give them their exact right of inheritance)!
كلا ۖ بل لا تكرمون اليتيم
كَلَّا بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ
Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor! -
And urge not one another on the feeding of Al-Miskin (the poor)!
ولا تحاضون على طعام المسكين
وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ
And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,
And you devour the inheritance all with greed.
وتأكلون التراث أكلا لما
وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا
And ye love wealth with inordinate love!
And you love wealth with much love.
وتحبون المال حبا جما
وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا
Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,
Nay! When the earth is ground to powder.
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 with the angels in rows.
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 will be brought near that Day. On that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance (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 will say: "Alas! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) 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,
So on that Day none will punish as He will punish.
فيومئذ لا يعذب عذابه أحد
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.
And none will bind (the wicked, disbelievers and polytheists) as He will bind.
ولا يوثق وثاقه أحد
وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
(To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction!
(It will be said to the pious believers of Islamic Monotheism): "O (you) the one in (complete) rest and satisfaction!
يا أيتها النفس المطمئنة
يَٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ
"Come back thou to thy Lord, - well pleased (thyself), and well - pleasing unto Him!
"Come back to your Lord well-pleased (yourself) and well-pleasing (unto Him)!
ارجعي إلى ربك راضية مرضية
ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً
"Enter thou, then, among My devotees!
"Enter you then among My (honoured) slaves,
فادخلي في عبادي
فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَٰدِى
"Yea, enter thou My Heaven!
"And enter you My Paradise!"
وادخلي جنتي
وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى