Chapter 89, 30 verses
By the break of Day
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. By the dawn;
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 [by] ten nights
By the even and odd (contrasted);
And by the even and the odd (of all the creations of Allah).
And [by] the even [number] and the odd
And by the Night when it passeth away; -
And by the night when it departs.
And [by] the night when it passes,
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)!
Is there [not] in [all] that an oath [sufficient] for one of perception?
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)
Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with 'Aad -
Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,
Of Iram (who were very tall) like (lofty) pillars,
[With] Iram - who had lofty pillars,
The like of which were not produced in (all) the land?
The like of which were not created in the land?
The likes of whom had never been created in the land?
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] Thamud, who carved 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)?
And [with] Pharaoh, owner of the stakes? -
(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,
Who did transgress beyond bounds in the lands (in the disobedience of Allah).
[All of] whom oppressed within the lands
And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).
And made therein much mischief.
And increased therein the corruption.
Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements:
So your Lord poured on them different kinds of severe torment.
So your Lord poured upon them a scourge of punishment.
For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch - tower.
Verily, your Lord is Ever Watchful (over them).
Indeed, your Lord is in observation.
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."
And as for man, when his Lord tries him and [thus] is generous to him and favors him, he says, "My Lord has honored 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 when He tries him and restricts his provision, he says, "My Lord has humiliated 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)!
No! 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)!
And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.
And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,
And you devour the inheritance all with greed.
And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,
And ye love wealth with inordinate love!
And you love wealth with much love.
And you love wealth with immense love.
Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,
Nay! When the earth is ground to powder.
No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed -
And thy Lord cometh, and His angels, rank upon rank,
And your Lord comes with the angels in rows.
And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon 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 brought [within view], that Day, is Hell - that Day, man will remember, but what good to him will be the remembrance?
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, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] 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.
So on that Day, none will punish [as severely] as His punishment,
And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.
And none will bind (the wicked, disbelievers and polytheists) as He will bind.
And none will bind [as severely] as His binding [of the evildoers].
(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!
[To the righteous it will be said], "O reassured soul,
"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 to your Lord, well - pleased and pleasing [to Him],
"Enter thou, then, among My devotees!
"Enter you then among My (honoured) slaves,
And enter among My [righteous] servants
"Yea, enter thou My Heaven!
"And enter you My Paradise!"
And enter My Paradise."