Chapter 90, 20 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بهذا البلد
I swear by this city, Makkah -
La oqsimu bihatha albaladi
لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
وأنت حل بهذا البلد
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -
Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi
وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
ووالد وما ولد
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
Wawalidin wama walada
وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ
لقد خلقنا الإنسان في كبد
We have certainly created man into hardship.
Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ
أيحسب أن لن يقدر عليه أحد
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ
يقول أهلكت مالا لبدا
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا
أيحسب أن لم يره أحد
Does he think that no one has seen him?
Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
ألم نجعل له عينين
Have We not made for him two eyes?
Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni
أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ
ولسانا وشفتين
And a tongue and two lips?
Walisanan washafatayni
وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ
وهديناه النجدين
And have shown him the two ways?
Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni
وَهَدَيْنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ
فلا اقتحم العقبة
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata
فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ
وما أدراك ما العقبة
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ
فك رقبة
It is the freeing of a slave
Fakku raqabatin
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
أو إطعام في يوم ذي مسغبة
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin
أَوْ إِطْعَٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ
يتيما ذا مقربة
An orphan of near relationship
Yateeman tha maqrabatin
يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ
أو مسكينا ذا متربة
Or a needy person in misery
Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin
أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ
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.
Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ
أولئك أصحاب الميمنة
Those are the companions of the right.
Olaika ashabu almaymanati
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ
والذين كفروا بآياتنا هم أصحاب المشأمة
But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.
Waallatheena kafaroo biayatina hum ashabu almashamati
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ
عليهم نار مؤصدة
Over them will be fire closed in.
AAalayhim narun musadatun
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ