Chapter 89, 30 verses
By the break of Day
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالْفَجْرِ
Waalfajri
By the Nights twice five;
وَلَيَالٍ عَشْرٍ
Walayalin AAashrin
By the even and odd (contrasted);
وَالشَّفْعِ وَالْوَتْرِ
WaalshshafAAi waalwatri
And by the Night when it passeth away; -
وَاللَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ
Waallayli itha yasri
Is there (not) in these an adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand?
هَلْ فِي ذَٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِّذِي حِجْرٍ
Hal fee thalika qasamun lithee hijrin
Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad (people), -
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ
Alam tara kayfa faAAala rabbuka biAAadin
Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,
إِرَمَ ذَاتِ الْعِمَادِ
Irama thati alAAimadi
The like of which were not produced in (all) the land?
الَّتِي لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِي الْبِلَادِ
Allatee lam yukhlaq mithluha fee albiladi
And with the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley? -
وَثَمُودَ الَّذِينَ جَابُوا الصَّخْرَ بِالْوَادِ
Wathamooda allatheena jaboo alssakhra bialwadi
And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?
وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِي الْأَوْتَادِ
WafirAAawna thee alawtadi
(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,
الَّذِينَ طَغَوْا فِي الْبِلَادِ
Allatheena taghaw fee albiladi
And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).
فَأَكْثَرُوا فِيهَا الْفَسَادَ
Faaktharoo feeha alfasada
Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements:
فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ
Fasabba AAalayhim rabbuka sawta AAathabin
For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch - tower.
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِالْمِرْصَادِ
Inna rabbaka labialmirsadi
Now, as for man, when his Lord trieth him, giving him honour and gifts, then saith he, (puffed up), "My Lord hath honoured me."
فَأَمَّا الْإِنسَانُ إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ رَبُّهُ فَأَكْرَمَهُ وَنَعَّمَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَكْرَمَنِ
Faamma alinsanu itha ma ibtalahu rabbuhu faakramahu wanaAAAAamahu fayaqoolu rabbee akramani
But when He trieth him, restricting his subsistence for him, then saith he (in despair), "My Lord hath humiliated me!"
وَأَمَّا إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَهَانَنِ
Waamma itha ma ibtalahu faqadara AAalayhi rizqahu fayaqoolu rabbee ahanani
Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!
كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ الْيَتِيمَ
Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema
Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor! -
وَلَا تَحَاضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ
Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni
And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,
وَتَأْكُلُونَ التُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا
Watakuloona altturatha aklan lamman
And ye love wealth with inordinate love!
وَتُحِبُّونَ الْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا
Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman
Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,
كَلَّا إِذَا دُكَّتِ الْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا
Kalla itha dukkati alardu dakkan dakkan
And thy Lord cometh, and His angels, rank upon rank,
وَجَاءَ رَبُّكَ وَالْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا
Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan
And Hell, that Day, is brought (face to face), - on that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance profit him?
وَجِيءَ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنسَانُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ الذِّكْرَىٰ
Wajeea yawmaithin bijahannama yawmaithin yatathakkaru alinsanu waanna lahu alththikra
He will say: "Ah! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my (Future) Life!"
يَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِي
Yaqoolu ya laytanee qaddamtu lihayatee
For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict,
فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُ أَحَدٌ
Fayawmaithin la yuAAaththibu AAathabahu ahadun
And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.
وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُ أَحَدٌ
Wala yoothiqu wathaqahu ahadun
(To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction!
يَا أَيَّتُهَا النَّفْسُ الْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ
Ya ayyatuha alnnafsu almutmainnatu
"Come back thou to thy Lord, - well pleased (thyself), and well - pleasing unto Him!
ارْجِعِي إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرْضِيَّةً
IrjiAAee ila rabbiki radiyatan mardiyyatan
"Enter thou, then, among My devotees!
فَادْخُلِي فِي عِبَادِي
Faodkhulee fee AAibadee
"Yea, enter thou My Heaven!
وَادْخُلِي جَنَّتِي
Waodkhulee jannatee