89-1 : By the break of Day

89-2 : By the Nights twice five;

89-3 : By the even and odd (contrasted);

89-4 : And by the Night when it passeth away; -

89-5 : Is there (not) in these an adjuration (or evidence) for those who understand?

89-6 : Seest thou not how thy Lord dealt with the 'Ad (people), -

89-7 : Of the (city of) Iram, with lofty pillars,

89-8 : The like of which were not produced in (all) the land?

89-9 : And with the Thamud (people), who cut out (huge) rocks in the valley? -

89-10 : And with Pharaoh, lord of stakes?

89-11 : (All) these transgressed beyond bounds in the lands,

89-12 : And heaped therein mischief (on mischief).

89-13 : Therefore did thy Lord pour on them a scourge of diverse chastisements:

89-14 : For thy Lord is (as a Guardian) on a watch - tower.

89-15 : Now, as for man, when his Lord trieth him, giving him honour and gifts, then saith he, (puffed up), "My Lord hath honoured me."

89-16 : But when He trieth him, restricting his subsistence for him, then saith he (in despair), "My Lord hath humiliated me!"

89-17 : Nay, nay! but ye honour not the orphans!

89-18 : Nor do ye encourage one another to feed the poor! -

89-19 : And ye devour inheritance - all with greed,

89-20 : And ye love wealth with inordinate love!

89-21 : Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,

89-22 : And thy Lord cometh, and His angels, rank upon rank,

89-23 : And Hell, that Day, is brought (face to face), - on that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance profit him?

89-24 : He will say: "Ah! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my (Future) Life!"

89-25 : For, that Day, His Chastisement will be such as none (else) can inflict,

89-26 : And His bonds will be such as none (other) can bind.

89-27 : (To the righteous soul will be said:) "O (thou) soul, in (complete) rest and satisfaction!

89-28 : "Come back thou to thy Lord, - well pleased (thyself), and well - pleasing unto Him!

89-29 : "Enter thou, then, among My devotees!

89-30 : "Yea, enter thou My Heaven!