بِسمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحمـٰنِ الرَّحيمِ وَالفَجرِ
By the dawn.
وَلَيالٍ عَشرٍ
And ten nights.
وَالشَّفعِ وَالوَترِ
And by the even and the odd.
وَاللَّيلِ إِذا يَسرِ
And the night as it passes.
هَل في ذٰلِكَ قَسَمٌ لِذي حِجرٍ
Is there in this an oath for a man of sense?
أَلَم تَرَ كَيفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعادٍ
Didn’t you see how your Lord dealt with Aad?
إِرَمَ ذاتِ العِمادِ
Iram of the pillars.
الَّتي لَم يُخلَق مِثلُها فِي البِلادِ
The likes of which had never been created in the lands.
وَثَمودَ الَّذينَ جابُوا الصَّخرَ بِالوادِ
And Thamud, who carved out the rocks in the valley?
وَفِرعَونَ ذِي الأَوتادِ
And Pharaoh, owner of the stakes?
الَّذينَ طَغَوا فِي البِلادِ
All of them transgressed within their lands.
فَأَكثَروا فيهَا الفَسادَ
Spreading rampant corruption and chaos.
فَصَبَّ عَلَيهِم رَبُّكَ سَوطَ عَذابٍ
Therefore, your Lord poured upon them a whip of punishment.
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِالمِرصادِ
Your Lord lies in ambush.
فَأَمَّا الإِنسانُ إِذا مَا ابتَلاهُ رَبُّهُ فَأَكرَمَهُ وَنَعَّمَهُ فَيَقولُ رَبّي أَكرَمَنِ
As for man: when his Lord tests him, honors him, and blesses him, he says, “My Lord has honored me.”
وَأَمّا إِذا مَا ابتَلاهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيهِ رِزقَهُ فَيَقولُ رَبّي أَهانَنِ
Yet, when He tests him and restricts his provision, he says, “My Lord has humiliated me.”
كَلّا ۖ بَل لا تُكرِمونَ اليَتيمَ
But no! You don’t honor the orphan.
وَلا تَحاضّونَ عَلىٰ طَعامِ المِسكينِ
And you don’t encourage one another to feed the poor.
وَتَأكُلونَ التُّراثَ أَكلًا لَمًّا
And you devour inheritance with all greed.
وَتُحِبّونَ المالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا
And you love wealth with vehement love.
كَلّا إِذا دُكَّتِ الأَرضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا
When the earth is leveled, pounded, and pulverized.
وَجاءَ رَبُّكَ وَالمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا
And your Lord comes and the angels, rank upon rank.
وَجِيءَ يَومَئِذٍ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَومَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ الإِنسانُ وَأَنّىٰ لَهُ الذِّكرىٰ
On that Day, Hell will be presented. On that Day, man will remember, but how will remembrance avail him?
يَقولُ يا لَيتَني قَدَّمتُ لِحَياتي
He will say, “Oh, I wish I had prepared for my life!”
فَيَومَئِذٍ لا يُعَذِّبُ عَذابَهُ أَحَدٌ
On that Day, none will punish as His punishment.
وَلا يوثِقُ وَثاقَهُ أَحَدٌ
And none will shackle as His shackles.
يا أَيَّتُهَا النَّفسُ المُطمَئِنَّةُ
But as for you, O tranquil soul.
ارجِعي إِلىٰ رَبِّكِ راضِيَةً مَرضِيَّةً
Return to your Lord, pleased and pleasing.
فَادخُلي في عِبادي
Join My servants!
وَادخُلي جَنَّتي
And enter My Paradise!