Chapter 90, 20 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بهذا البلد
I do call to witness this City; -
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Nay, I swear by this city -
وأنت حل بهذا البلد
And thou art a freeman of this City; -
And thou art an indweller of this city -
ووالد وما ولد
And (the mystic ties of) parent and child; -
And the begetter and that which he begat,
لقد خلقنا الإنسان في كبد
Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.
We verily have created man in an atmosphere:
أيحسب أن لن يقدر عليه أحد
Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?
Thinketh he that none hath power over him ?
يقول أهلكت مالا لبدا
He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance!
And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth:
أيحسب أن لم يره أحد
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him ?
ألم نجعل له عينين
Have We not made for him a pair of eyes? -
Did We not assign unto him two eyes
ولسانا وشفتين
And a tongue, and a pair of lips? -
And a tongue and two lips,
وهديناه النجدين
And shown him the two highways?
And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways ?
فلا اقتحم العقبة
But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep.
But he hath not attempted the Ascent -
وما أدراك ما العقبة
And what will explain to thee the path that is steep? -
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is! -
فك رقبة
(It is:) freeing the bondman;
(It is) to free a slave,
أو إطعام في يوم ذي مسغبة
Or the giving of food in a day of privation
And to feed in the day of hunger.
يتيما ذا مقربة
To the orphan with claims of relationship,
An orphan near of kin,
أو مسكينا ذا متربة
Or to the indigent (down) in the dust.
Or some poor wretch in misery,
ثم كان من الذين آمنوا وتواصوا بالصبر وتواصوا بالمرحمة
Then will he be of those who believe, and enjoin patience, (constancy, and self - restraint), and enjoin deeds of kindness and compassion.
And to be of those who believe and exhort one another to perseverance and exhort one another to pity.
أولئك أصحاب الميمنة
Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.
Their place will be on the right hand.
والذين كفروا بآياتنا هم أصحاب المشأمة
But those who reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) Companions of the Left Hand.
But those who disbelieve Our revelations, their place will be on the left hand.
عليهم نار مؤصدة
On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round).
Fire will be an awning over them.