Chapter 90, 20 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بهذا البلد
Nay! I swear by this city.
I do call to witness this City; -
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. I swear by this city (Makkah);
وأنت حل بهذا البلد
And you shall be made free from obligation in this city - -
And thou art a freeman 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 whom he begot.
And (the mystic ties of) parent and child; -
And by the begetter (i.e. Adam عليه السلام) and that which he begot (i.e. his progeny).
لقد خلقنا الإنسان في كبد
Certainly We have created man to be in distress.
Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.
Verily, We have created man in toil.
أيحسب أن لن يقدر عليه أحد
Does he think that no one has power over him?
Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?
Does he think that none can overcome him?
يقول أهلكت مالا لبدا
He shall say: I have wasted much wealth.
He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance!
He says (boastfully): "I have wasted wealth in abundance!"
أيحسب أن لم يره أحد
Does he think that no one sees him?
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?
Does he think that none sees him?
ألم نجعل له عينين
Have We not given him two eyes,
Have We not made for him a pair of eyes? -
Have We not made for him two eyes,
ولسانا وشفتين
And a tongue and two lips,
And a tongue, and a pair of lips? -
And a tongue and two lips?
وهديناه النجدين
And pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways?
And shown him the two highways?
And shown him the two ways (good and evil)?
فلا اقتحم العقبة
But he would not attempt the uphill road,
But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep.
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
And what will make you comprehend what the uphill road is?
And what will explain to thee the path that is steep? -
And what will make you know the path that is steep?
فك رقبة
(It is) the setting free of a slave,
(It is:) freeing the bondman;
(It is) freeing a neck (slave)
أو إطعام في يوم ذي مسغبة
Or the giving of food in a day of hunger
Or the giving of food in a day of privation
Or giving food in a day of hunger (famine),
يتيما ذا مقربة
To an orphan, having relationship,
To the orphan with claims of relationship,
To an orphan near of kin.
أو مسكينا ذا متربة
Or to the poor man lying in the dust.
Or to the indigent (down) in the dust.
Or to a Miskin (poor) cleaving to dust (out of misery).
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.
Then will he be of those who believe, and enjoin patience, (constancy, and self - restraint), and enjoin deeds of kindness and compassion.
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
These are the people of the right hand.
Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.
They are those on the Right Hand (i.e. the dwellers of Paradise),
والذين كفروا بآياتنا هم أصحاب المشأمة
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.
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
On them is fire closed over.
On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round).
The Fire will be shut over them (i.e. they will be enveloped by the Fire without any opening or window or outlet.