Sura Al-Fajr

I swear by the daybreak,

By the break of Day

By the Dawn

And the ten nights,

By the Nights twice five;

And ten nights,

And the even and the odd,

By the even and odd (contrasted);

And the Even and the Odd,

And the night when it departs.

And by the Night when it passeth away;-

And the night when it departeth,

Truly in that there is an oath for those who possess understanding.

Is there (not) in these an adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand?

There surely is an oath for thinking man.

Have you not considered how your Lord dealt with Ad,

Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad (people),-

Dost thou not consider how thy Lord dealt with (the tribe of) A'ad,

(The people of) Aram, possessors of lofty buildings,

Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,

With many-columned Iram,

The like of which were not created in the (other) cities;

The like of which were not produced in (all) the land?

The like of which was not created in the lands;

And (with) Samood, who hewed out the rocks in the valley,

And with the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley?-

And with (the tribe of) Thamud, who clove the rocks in the valley;

And (with) Firon, the lord of hosts,

And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?

And with Pharaoh, firm of might,

Who committed inordinacy in the cities,

(All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,

Who (all) were rebellious (to Allah) in these lands,

So they made great mischief therein?

And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).

And multiplied iniquity therein?

Therefore your Lord let down upon them a portion of the chastisement.

Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements:

Therefore thy Lord poured on them the disaster of His punishment.

Most sure!y your Lord is watching.

For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch-tower.

Lo! thy Lord is ever watchful.

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.

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, whenever his Lord trieth him by honouring him, and is gracious unto him, he saith: My Lord honoureth me.

But when He tries him (differently), then straitens to him his means of subsistence, he says: My Lord has disgraced me.

But when He trieth him, restricting his subsistence for him, then saith he (in despair), "My Lord hath humiliated me!"

But whenever He trieth him by straitening his means of life, he saith: My Lord despiseth me.

Nay! but you do not honor the orphan,

Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!

Nay, but ye (for your part) honour not the orphan

Nor do you urge one another to feed the poor,

Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor!-

And urge not on the feeding of the poor.

And you eat away the heritage, devouring (everything) indiscriminately,

And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,

And ye devour heritages with devouring greed.

And you love wealth with exceeding love.

And ye love wealth with inordinate love!

And love wealth with abounding love.

Nay! when the earth is made to crumble to pieces,

Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,

Nay, but when the earth is ground to atoms, grinding, grinding,

And your Lord comes and (also) the angels in ranks,

And thy Lord cometh, and His angels, rank upon rank,

And thy Lord shall come with angels, rank on rank,

And hell is made to appear on that day. On that day shall man be mindful, and what shall being mindful (then) avail him?

And Hell, that Day, is brought (face to face),- on that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance profit him?

And hell is brought near that day; on that day man will remember, but how will the remembrance (then avail him)?

He shall say: O! would that I had sent before for (this) my life!

He will say: "Ah! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my (Future) Life!"

He will say: Ah, would that I had sent before me (some provision) for my life!

But on that day shall no one chastise with (anything like) His chastisement,

For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict,

None punisheth as He will punish on that day!

And no one shall bind with (anything like) His binding.

And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.

None bindeth as He then will bind.

O soul that art at rest!

(To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction!

But ah! thou soul at peace!

Return to your Lord, well-pleased (with him), well-pleasing (Him),

"Come back thou to thy Lord,- well pleased (thyself), and well-pleasing unto Him!

Return unto thy Lord, content in His good pleasure!

So enter among My servants,

"Enter thou, then, among My devotees!

Enter thou among My bondmen!

And enter into My garden.

"Yea, enter thou My Heaven!

Enter thou My Garden!