Chapter 89, 30 verses
By the break of Day
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the dawn;
শপথ ঊষার,
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) ,
শপথ দশ রজনীর,
And ten nights,
By the even and odd (contrasted);
And by the even and the odd (of all the creations of Allah).
শপথ জোড় ও বেজোড়ের
And the Even and the Odd,
And by the Night when it passeth away; -
And by the night when it departs.
এবং শপথ রজনীর যখন উহা গত হইতে থাকে -
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)!
নিশ্চয়ই ইহার মধ্যে শপথ রহিয়াছে বোধসম্পন্ন ব্যক্তির জন্য।
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)
তুমি কি দেখ নাই তোমার প্রতিপালক কি করিয়াছিলেন আদ বংশের -
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,
ইরাম গোত্রের প্রতি - যাহারা অধিকারী ছিল সুউচ্চ প্রাসাদের?
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?
যাহার সমতুল্য কোন দেশে নির্মিত হয় নাই;
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)?
এবং সামূদের প্রতি, যাহারা উপত্যকায় পাথর কাটিয়া গৃহ নির্মাণ করিয়াছিল;
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)?
এবং বহু সৈন্য - শিবিরের অধিপতি ফির‘আওনের প্রতি?
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).
যাহারা দেশে সীমালংঘন করিয়াছিল,
Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands,
And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).
And made therein much mischief.
এবং সেখানে অশান্তি বৃদ্ধি করিয়াছিল।
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.
অতঃপর তোমার প্রতিপালক উহাদের উপর শাস্তির কশাঘাত হানিলেন।
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).
তোমার প্রতিপালক অবশ্যই সতর্ক দৃষ্টি রাখেন।
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."
মানুষ তো এইরূপ যে, তাহার প্রতিপালক যখন তাহাকে পরীক্ষা করেন সম্মান ও অনুগ্রহ দান করিয়া, তখন সে বলে, ‘আমার প্রতিপালক আমাকে সম্মানিত করিয়াছেন।’
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!"
এবং যখন তাহাকে পরীক্ষা করেন তাহার রিযিক সংকুচিত করিয়া, তখন সে বলে, ‘আমার প্রতিপালক আমাকে হীন করিয়াছেন।’
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)!
না, কখনও নয়। বরং তোমরা ইয়াতীমকে সম্মান কর না,
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)!
এবং তোমরা অভাবগ্রস্তদেরকে খাদ্যদানে পরস্পরকে উৎসাহিত কর না,
And urge not on the feeding of the poor.
And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,
And you devour the inheritance all with greed.
এবং তোমরা উত্তরাধিকারীদের প্রাপ্য সম্পদ সম্পূর্ণরূপে ভক্ষণ করিয়া ফেল,
And ye devour heritages with devouring greed.
And ye love wealth with inordinate love!
And you love wealth with much love.
এবং তোমরা ধনসম্পদ অতিশয় ভালবাস;
And love wealth with abounding love.
Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,
Nay! When the earth is ground to powder.
ইহা সংগত নয়। পৃথিবীকে যখন চূর্ণ - বিচূর্ণ করা হইবে,
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.
এবং যখন তোমার প্রতিপালক উপস্থিত হইবেন ও সারিবদ্ধভাবে ফিরিশ্তাগণও,
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?
সেই দিন জাহান্নামকে আনা হইবে এবং সেই দিন মানুষ উপলব্ধি করিবে, তখন এই উপলব্ধি তাহার কী কাজে আসিবে?
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!"
সে বলিবে, ‘হায়! আমার এ জীবনের জন্য আমি যদি কিছু অগ্রিম পাঠাইতাম !’
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.
সেই দিন তাঁহার শাস্তির মত শাস্তি কেহ দিতে পারিবে না।
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.
এবং তাঁহার বন্ধনের মত বন্ধন কেহ করিতে পারিবে না।
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!
হে প্রশান্তচিত্ত !
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)!
তুমি তোমার প্রতিপালকের নিকট ফিরিয়া আস সন্তুষ্ট ও সন্তোষভাজন হইয়া,
Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure!
"Enter thou, then, among My devotees!
"Enter you then among My (honoured) slaves,
আমার বান্দাদের অন্তর্ভুক্ত হও,
Enter thou among My bondmen!
"Yea, enter thou My Heaven!
"And enter you My Paradise!"
আর আমার জান্নাতে প্রবেশ কর।
Enter thou My Garden!