Verses 10–30

وَفِرْعَوْنَ ذِى ٱلْأَوْتَادِ﴿١٠﴾

89:10and Pharaoh, the impaler¹

ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ﴿١١﴾

89:11—those who rebelled [against Allah] in their cities

فَأَكْثَرُوا۟ فِيهَا ٱلْفَسَادَ﴿١٢﴾

89:12and caused much corruption in them,

فَصَبَّ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّكَ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ﴿١٣﴾

89:13so your Lord poured on them lashes of punishment.

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَبِٱلْمِرْصَادِ﴿١٤﴾

89:14Indeed your Lord is in ambush.²

فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ﴿١٥﴾

89:15As for man, whenever his Lord tests him, and grants him honour, and blesses him, he says, ‘My Lord has honoured me.’

وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَٰنَنِ﴿١٦﴾

89:16But when He tests him and tightens for him his provision, he says, ‘My Lord has humiliated me.’

كَلَّا ۖ بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ﴿١٧﴾

89:17No indeed! No, you do not honour the orphan,

وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ﴿١٨﴾

89:18and do not urge the feeding of the needy.³

وَتَأْكُلُونَ ٱلتُّرَاثَ أَكْلًۭا لَّمًّۭا﴿١٩﴾

89:19You eat the inheritance rapaciously,⁴

وَتُحِبُّونَ ٱلْمَالَ حُبًّۭا جَمًّۭا﴿٢٠﴾

89:20and love wealth with much fondness.⁵

كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّۭا دَكًّۭا﴿٢١﴾

89:21No indeed! When the earth is levelled to a plain,

وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّۭا صَفًّۭا﴿٢٢﴾

89:22and your Lord [’s edict] arrives with the angels in ranks,

وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ﴿٢٣﴾

89:23the day when hell is brought [near], man will take admonition on that day, but what will that admonition avail him?

يَقُولُ يَٰلَيْتَنِى قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِى﴿٢٤﴾

89:24He will say, ‘Alas, had I sent ahead for my life [in the Hereafter]!’⁶

فَيَوْمَئِذٍۢ لَّا يُعَذِّبُ عَذَابَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌۭ﴿٢٥﴾

89:25On that day none shall punish as He punishes,

وَلَا يُوثِقُ وَثَاقَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌۭ﴿٢٦﴾

89:26and none shall bind as He binds.

يَٰٓأَيَّتُهَا ٱلنَّفْسُ ٱلْمُطْمَئِنَّةُ﴿٢٧﴾

89:27‘O soul at peace!

ٱرْجِعِىٓ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةًۭ مَّرْضِيَّةًۭ﴿٢٨﴾

89:28Return to your Lord, pleased and pleasing!

فَٱدْخُلِى فِى عِبَٰدِى﴿٢٩﴾

89:29Then enter among My servants,

وَٱدْخُلِى جَنَّتِى﴿٣٠﴾

89:30and enter My paradise!’