Chapter 90, 20 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بهذا البلد
La oqsimu bihatha albaladi
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ لَا أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ
I swear by this city, Makkah -
وأنت حل بهذا البلد
Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi
وَأَنتَ حِلٌّ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -
ووالد وما ولد
Wawalidin wama walada
وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
لقد خلقنا الإنسان في كبد
Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ فِي كَبَدٍ
We have certainly created man into hardship.
أيحسب أن لن يقدر عليه أحد
Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
يقول أهلكت مالا لبدا
Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
أيحسب أن لم يره أحد
Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُ أَحَدٌ
Does he think that no one has seen him?
ألم نجعل له عينين
Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni
أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُ عَيْنَيْنِ
Have We not made for him two eyes?
ولسانا وشفتين
Walisanan washafatayni
وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ
And a tongue and two lips?
وهديناه النجدين
Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni
وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِ
And have shown him the two ways?
فلا اقتحم العقبة
Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata
فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
وما أدراك ما العقبة
Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
فك رقبة
Fakku raqabatin
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
It is the freeing of a slave
أو إطعام في يوم ذي مسغبة
Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin
أَوْ إِطْعَامٌ فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي مَسْغَبَةٍ
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
يتيما ذا مقربة
Yateeman tha maqrabatin
يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ
An orphan of near relationship
أو مسكينا ذا متربة
Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin
أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ
Or a needy person in misery
ثم كان من الذين آمنوا وتواصوا بالصبر وتواصوا بالمرحمة
Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْمَرْحَمَةِ
And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.
أولئك أصحاب الميمنة
Olaika ashabu almaymanati
أُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ
Those are the companions of the right.
والذين كفروا بآياتنا هم أصحاب المشأمة
Waallatheena kafaroo biayatina hum ashabu almashamati
وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ
But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.
عليهم نار مؤصدة
AAalayhim narun musadatun
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌ
Over them will be fire closed in.