Chapter 90, 20 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Nay, I swear by this city -
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بهذا البلد
La oqsimu bihatha albaladi
I do call to witness this City; -
And thou art an indweller of this city -
وأنت حل بهذا البلد
Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi
And thou art a freeman of this City; -
And the begetter and that which he begat,
ووالد وما ولد
Wawalidin wama walada
And (the mystic ties of) parent and child; -
We verily have created man in an atmosphere:
لقد خلقنا الإنسان في كبد
Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin
Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.
Thinketh he that none hath power over him ?
أيحسب أن لن يقدر عليه أحد
Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun
Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?
And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth:
يقول أهلكت مالا لبدا
Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan
He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance!
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him ?
أيحسب أن لم يره أحد
Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?
Did We not assign unto him two eyes
ألم نجعل له عينين
Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni
Have We not made for him a pair of eyes? -
And a tongue and two lips,
ولسانا وشفتين
Walisanan washafatayni
And a tongue, and a pair of lips? -
And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways ?
وهديناه النجدين
Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni
And shown him the two highways?
But he hath not attempted the Ascent -
فلا اقتحم العقبة
Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata
But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep.
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is! -
وما أدراك ما العقبة
Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu
And what will explain to thee the path that is steep? -
(It is) to free a slave,
فك رقبة
Fakku raqabatin
(It is:) freeing the bondman;
And to feed in the day of hunger.
أو إطعام في يوم ذي مسغبة
Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin
Or the giving of food in a day of privation
An orphan near of kin,
يتيما ذا مقربة
Yateeman tha maqrabatin
To the orphan with claims of relationship,
Or some poor wretch in misery,
أو مسكينا ذا متربة
Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin
Or to the indigent (down) in the dust.
And to be of those who believe and exhort one another to perseverance and exhort one another to pity.
ثم كان من الذين آمنوا وتواصوا بالصبر وتواصوا بالمرحمة
Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati
Then will he be of those who believe, and enjoin patience, (constancy, and self - restraint), and enjoin deeds of kindness and compassion.
Their place will be on the right hand.
أولئك أصحاب الميمنة
Olaika ashabu almaymanati
Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.
But those who disbelieve Our revelations, their place will be on the left hand.
والذين كفروا بآياتنا هم أصحاب المشأمة
Waallatheena kafaroo biayatina hum ashabu almashamati
But those who reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) Companions of the Left Hand.
Fire will be an awning over them.
عليهم نار مؤصدة
AAalayhim narun musadatun
On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round).