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