Chapter 90, 20 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بهذا البلد
I swear by this city, Makkah -
I do call to witness this City; -
وأنت حل بهذا البلد
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -
And thou art a freeman of this City; -
ووالد وما ولد
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
And (the mystic ties of) parent and child; -
لقد خلقنا الإنسان في كبد
We have certainly created man into hardship.
Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.
أيحسب أن لن يقدر عليه أحد
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?
يقول أهلكت مالا لبدا
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance!
أيحسب أن لم يره أحد
Does he think that no one has seen him?
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?
ألم نجعل له عينين
Have We not made for him two eyes?
Have We not made for him a pair of eyes? -
ولسانا وشفتين
And a tongue and two lips?
And a tongue, and a pair of lips? -
وهديناه النجدين
And have shown him the two ways?
And shown him the two highways?
فلا اقتحم العقبة
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep.
وما أدراك ما العقبة
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
And what will explain to thee the path that is steep? -
فك رقبة
It is the freeing of a slave
(It is:) freeing the bondman;
أو إطعام في يوم ذي مسغبة
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
Or the giving of food in a day of privation
يتيما ذا مقربة
An orphan of near relationship
To the orphan with claims of relationship,
أو مسكينا ذا متربة
Or a needy person in misery
Or to the indigent (down) in the dust.
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 will he be of those who believe, and enjoin patience, (constancy, and self - restraint), and enjoin deeds of kindness and compassion.
أولئك أصحاب الميمنة
Those are the companions of the right.
Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.
والذين كفروا بآياتنا هم أصحاب المشأمة
But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.
But those who reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) Companions of the Left Hand.
عليهم نار مؤصدة
Over them will be fire closed in.
On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round).