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 -
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. I swear by this city (Makkah);
وأنت حل بهذا البلد
And thou art an indweller of this city -
And you are free (from sin, and to punish the enemies of Islam on the Day of the conquest) in this city (Makkah).
ووالد وما ولد
And the begetter and that which he begat,
And by the begetter (i.e. Adam عليه السلام) and that which he begot (i.e. his progeny).
لقد خلقنا الإنسان في كبد
We verily have created man in an atmosphere:
Verily, We have created man in toil.
أيحسب أن لن يقدر عليه أحد
Thinketh he that none hath power over him ?
Does he think that none can overcome him?
يقول أهلكت مالا لبدا
And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth:
He says (boastfully): "I have wasted wealth in abundance!"
أيحسب أن لم يره أحد
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him ?
Does he think that none sees him?
ألم نجعل له عينين
Did We not assign unto him two eyes
Have We not made for him two eyes,
ولسانا وشفتين
And a tongue and two lips,
And a tongue and two lips?
وهديناه النجدين
And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways ?
And shown him the two ways (good and evil)?
فلا اقتحم العقبة
But he hath not attempted the Ascent -
But he has not attempted to pass on the path that is steep (i.e. the path which will lead to goodness and success).
وما أدراك ما العقبة
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is! -
And what will make you know the path that is steep?
فك رقبة
(It is) to free a slave,
(It is) freeing a neck (slave)
أو إطعام في يوم ذي مسغبة
And to feed in the day of hunger.
Or giving food in a day of hunger (famine),
يتيما ذا مقربة
An orphan near of kin,
To an orphan near of kin.
أو مسكينا ذا متربة
Or some poor wretch in misery,
Or to a Miskin (poor) cleaving to dust (out of misery).
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 became one of those who believed (in the Islamic Monotheism) and recommended one another to perseverance and patience, and (also) recommended one another to pity and compassion.
أولئك أصحاب الميمنة
Their place will be on the right hand.
They are those on the Right Hand (i.e. the dwellers of Paradise),
والذين كفروا بآياتنا هم أصحاب المشأمة
But those who disbelieve Our revelations, their place will be on the left hand.
But those who disbelieved in Our Ayat (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.), they are those on the Left Hand (the dwellers of Hell).
عليهم نار مؤصدة
Fire will be an awning over them.
The Fire will be shut over them (i.e. they will be enveloped by the Fire without any opening or window or outlet.