Chapter 89, 30 verses
By the break of Day
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the dawn;
Waalfajri
I swear by the daybreak,
By the Nights twice five;
By the ten nights (i.e. the first ten days of the month of Dhul-Hijjah) ,
Walayalin AAashrin
And the ten nights,
By the even and odd (contrasted);
And by the even and the odd (of all the creations of Allah).
WaalshshafAAi waalwatri
And the even and the odd,
And by the Night when it passeth away; -
And by the night when it departs.
Waallayli itha yasri
And the night when it departs.
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)!
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), -
Saw you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) not how your Lord dealt with '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,
Of Iram (who were very tall) like (lofty) pillars,
Irama thati alAAimadi
(The people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings,
The like of which were not produced in (all) the land?
The like of which were not created in 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? -
And (with) Thamud (people), who hewed out rocks in the valley (to make dwellings)?
Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi
And (with) Samood, who hewed out 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)?
WafirAAawna thee alawtadi
And (with) Firon, the lord of hosts,
(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,
Who did transgress beyond bounds in the lands (in the disobedience of Allah).
Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi
Who committed inordinacy in the cities,
And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).
And made therein much mischief.
Faaktharoo feeha alfasada
So they made great mischief therein?
Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements:
So your Lord poured on them different kinds of severe torment.
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.
Verily, your Lord is Ever Watchful (over them).
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."
As for man, when his Lord tries him by giving him honour and bounties, then he says (in exultation): "My Lord has 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!"
But when He tries him by straitening his means of life, he says: "My Lord has 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!
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)!
Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema
Nay! but you do not honor 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)!
Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni
Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor,
And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,
And you devour the inheritance all with greed.
Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman
And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything) indiscriminately,
And ye love wealth with inordinate love!
And you love wealth with much love.
Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman
And you love wealth with exceeding love.
Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,
Nay! When the earth is ground 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,
And your Lord comes with the angels in rows.
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?
And Hell will be brought near that Day. On that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance (then) avail 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!"
He will say: "Alas! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my 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,
So on that Day none will punish as He will punish.
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.
And none will bind (the wicked, disbelievers and polytheists) as He will 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!
(It will be said to the pious believers of Islamic Monotheism): "O (you) the one 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!
"Come back to your Lord well-pleased (yourself) 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!
"Enter you then among My (honoured) slaves,
Faodkhulee fee AAibadee
So enter among My servants,
"Yea, enter thou My Heaven!
"And enter you My Paradise!"
Waodkhulee jannatee
And enter into My garden.