Chapter 90, 20 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بهذا البلد
I swear by this city, Makkah -
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 you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -
And you shall be made free from obligation in 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 [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
And the begetter and whom he begot.
And by the begetter (i.e. Adam عليه السلام) and that which he begot (i.e. his progeny).
لقد خلقنا الإنسان في كبد
We have certainly created man into hardship.
Certainly We have created man to be in distress.
Verily, We have created man in toil.
أيحسب أن لن يقدر عليه أحد
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
Does he think that no one has power over him?
Does he think that none can overcome him?
يقول أهلكت مالا لبدا
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
He shall say: I have wasted much wealth.
He says (boastfully): "I have wasted wealth in abundance!"
أيحسب أن لم يره أحد
Does he think that no one has seen him?
Does he think that no one sees him?
Does he think that none sees him?
ألم نجعل له عينين
Have We not made for him two eyes?
Have We not given 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,
And a tongue and two lips?
وهديناه النجدين
And have shown him the two ways?
And pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways?
And shown him the two ways (good and evil)?
فلا اقتحم العقبة
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
But he would not attempt the uphill road,
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 can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
And what will make you comprehend what the uphill road is?
And what will make you know the path that is steep?
فك رقبة
It is the freeing of a slave
(It is) the setting free of a slave,
(It is) freeing a neck (slave)
أو إطعام في يوم ذي مسغبة
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
Or the giving of food in a day of hunger
Or giving food in a day of hunger (famine),
يتيما ذا مقربة
An orphan of near relationship
To an orphan, having relationship,
To an orphan near of kin.
أو مسكينا ذا متربة
Or a needy person in misery
Or to the poor man lying in the dust.
Or to a Miskin (poor) cleaving to dust (out of misery).
ثم كان من الذين آمنوا وتواصوا بالصبر وتواصوا بالمرحمة
And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.
Then he is of those who believe and charge one another to show patience, and charge one another to show 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
Those are the companions of the right.
These are the people of the right hand.
They are those on the Right Hand (i.e. the dwellers of Paradise),
والذين كفروا بآياتنا هم أصحاب المشأمة
But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.
And (as for) those who disbelieve in our communications, they are the people 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
Over them will be fire closed in.
On them is fire closed over.
The Fire will be shut over them (i.e. they will be enveloped by the Fire without any opening or window or outlet.