Chapter 90, 20 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بهذا البلد
Nay! I swear by this city.
I swear by this city, Makkah -
لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
وأنت حل بهذا البلد
And you shall be made free from obligation in this city - -
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -
وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
ووالد وما ولد
And the begetter and whom he begot.
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ
لقد خلقنا الإنسان في كبد
Certainly We have created man to be in distress.
We have certainly created man into hardship.
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ
أيحسب أن لن يقدر عليه أحد
Does he think that no one has power over him?
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ
يقول أهلكت مالا لبدا
He shall say: I have wasted much wealth.
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا
أيحسب أن لم يره أحد
Does he think that no one sees him?
Does he think that no one has seen him?
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
ألم نجعل له عينين
Have We not given him two eyes,
Have We not made for him two eyes?
أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ
ولسانا وشفتين
And a tongue and two lips,
And a tongue and two lips?
وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ
وهديناه النجدين
And pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways?
And have shown him the two ways?
وَهَدَيْنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ
فلا اقتحم العقبة
But he would not attempt the uphill road,
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ
وما أدراك ما العقبة
And what will make you comprehend what the uphill road is?
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ
فك رقبة
(It is) the setting free of a slave,
It is the freeing of a slave
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
أو إطعام في يوم ذي مسغبة
Or the giving of food in a day of hunger
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
أَوْ إِطْعَٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ
يتيما ذا مقربة
To an orphan, having relationship,
An orphan of near relationship
يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ
أو مسكينا ذا متربة
Or to the poor man lying in the dust.
Or a needy person in misery
أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ
ثم كان من الذين آمنوا وتواصوا بالصبر وتواصوا بالمرحمة
Then he is of those who believe and charge one another to show patience, and charge one another to show compassion.
And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ
أولئك أصحاب الميمنة
These are the people of the right hand.
Those are the companions of the right.
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ
والذين كفروا بآياتنا هم أصحاب المشأمة
And (as for) those who disbelieve in our communications, they are the people of the left hand.
But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ
عليهم نار مؤصدة
On them is fire closed over.
Over them will be fire closed in.
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ