Chapter 89, 30 verses
By the break of Day
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the dawn;
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. By the Dawn
By the Nights twice five;
By the ten nights (i.e. the first ten days of the month of Dhul-Hijjah) ,
And ten nights,
By the even and odd (contrasted);
And by the even and the odd (of all the creations of Allah).
And the Even and the Odd,
And by the Night when it passeth away; -
And by the night when it departs.
And the night when it departeth,
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)!
There surely is an oath for thinking man.
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)
Dost thou not consider how thy Lord dealt with (the tribe of) A'ad,
Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,
Of Iram (who were very tall) like (lofty) pillars,
With many - columned Iram,
The like of which were not produced in (all) the land?
The like of which were not created in the land?
The like of which was not created in the lands;
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)?
And with (the tribe of) Thamud, who clove the rocks in the valley;
And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?
And (with) Fir'aun (Pharaoh) who had the stakes (to torture men by binding them to the stakes)?
And with Pharaoh, firm of might,
(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,
Who did transgress beyond bounds in the lands (in the disobedience of Allah).
Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands,
And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).
And made therein much mischief.
And multiplied iniquity therein ?
Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements:
So your Lord poured on them different kinds of severe torment.
Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment.
For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch - tower.
Verily, your Lord is Ever Watchful (over them).
Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful.
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."
As for man, whenever his Lord trieth him by honouring him, and is gracious unto him, he saith: My Lord honoureth me.
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!"
But whenever He trieth him by straitening his means of life, he saith: My Lord despiseth me.
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)!
Nay, but ye (for your part) honour not the orphan
Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor! -
And urge not one another on the feeding of Al-Miskin (the poor)!
And urge not on the feeding of the poor.
And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,
And you devour the inheritance all with greed.
And ye devour heritages with devouring greed.
And ye love wealth with inordinate love!
And you love wealth with much love.
And love wealth with abounding love.
Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,
Nay! When the earth is ground to powder.
Nay, but when the earth is ground to atoms, grinding, grinding,
And thy Lord cometh, and His angels, rank upon rank,
And your Lord comes with the angels in rows.
And thy Lord shall come with angels, rank on rank,
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?
And hell is brought near that day; on that day man will remember, but how will the remembrance (then avail him) ?
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!"
He will say: Ah, would that I had sent before me (some provision) for my life!
For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict,
So on that Day none will punish as He will punish.
None punisheth as He will punish on that day!
And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.
And none will bind (the wicked, disbelievers and polytheists) as He will bind.
None bindeth as He then will bind.
(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!
But ah! thou soul at peace!
"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)!
Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure!
"Enter thou, then, among My devotees!
"Enter you then among My (honoured) slaves,
Enter thou among My bondmen!
"Yea, enter thou My Heaven!
"And enter you My Paradise!"
Enter thou My Garden!