Chapter 90, 20 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بهذا البلد
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Nay, I swear by this city -
Nay! I swear by this city.
I do call to witness this City; -
وأنت حل بهذا البلد
And thou art an indweller of this city -
And you shall be made free from obligation in this city - -
And thou art a freeman of this City; -
ووالد وما ولد
And the begetter and that which he begat,
And the begetter and whom he begot.
And (the mystic ties of) parent and child; -
لقد خلقنا الإنسان في كبد
We verily have created man in an atmosphere:
Certainly We have created man to be in distress.
Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.
أيحسب أن لن يقدر عليه أحد
Thinketh he that none hath power over him ?
Does he think that no one has power over him?
Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?
يقول أهلكت مالا لبدا
And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth:
He shall say: I have wasted much wealth.
He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance!
أيحسب أن لم يره أحد
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him ?
Does he think that no one sees him?
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?
ألم نجعل له عينين
Did We not assign unto him two eyes
Have We not given him two eyes,
Have We not made for him a pair of eyes? -
ولسانا وشفتين
And a tongue and two lips,
And a tongue and two lips,
And a tongue, and a pair of lips? -
وهديناه النجدين
And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways ?
And pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways?
And shown him the two highways?
فلا اقتحم العقبة
But he hath not attempted the Ascent -
But he would not attempt the uphill road,
But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep.
وما أدراك ما العقبة
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is! -
And what will make you comprehend what the uphill road is?
And what will explain to thee the path that is steep? -
فك رقبة
(It is) to free a slave,
(It is) the setting free of a slave,
(It is:) freeing the bondman;
أو إطعام في يوم ذي مسغبة
And to feed in the day of hunger.
Or the giving of food in a day of hunger
Or the giving of food in a day of privation
يتيما ذا مقربة
An orphan near of kin,
To an orphan, having relationship,
To the orphan with claims of relationship,
أو مسكينا ذا متربة
Or some poor wretch in misery,
Or to the poor man lying in the dust.
Or to the indigent (down) in the dust.
ثم كان من الذين آمنوا وتواصوا بالصبر وتواصوا بالمرحمة
And to be of those who believe and exhort one another to perseverance and exhort one another to pity.
Then he is of those who believe and charge one another to show patience, and charge one another to show compassion.
Then will he be of those who believe, and enjoin patience, (constancy, and self - restraint), and enjoin deeds of kindness and compassion.
أولئك أصحاب الميمنة
Their place will be on the right hand.
These are the people of the right hand.
Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.
والذين كفروا بآياتنا هم أصحاب المشأمة
But those who disbelieve Our revelations, their place will be on the left hand.
And (as for) those who disbelieve in our communications, they are the people of the left hand.
But those who reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) Companions of the Left Hand.
عليهم نار مؤصدة
Fire will be an awning over them.
On them is fire closed over.
On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round).