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
I swear by this city, Makkah -
La oqsimu bihatha albaladi
And thou art an indweller of this city -
وأنت حل بهذا البلد
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -
Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi
And the begetter and that which he begat,
ووالد وما ولد
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
Wawalidin wama walada
We verily have created man in an atmosphere:
لقد خلقنا الإنسان في كبد
We have certainly created man into hardship.
Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin
Thinketh he that none hath power over him ?
أيحسب أن لن يقدر عليه أحد
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun
And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth:
يقول أهلكت مالا لبدا
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him ?
أيحسب أن لم يره أحد
Does he think that no one has seen him?
Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun
Did We not assign unto him two eyes
ألم نجعل له عينين
Have We not made for him two eyes?
Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni
And a tongue and two lips,
ولسانا وشفتين
And a tongue and two lips?
Walisanan washafatayni
And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways ?
وهديناه النجدين
And have shown him the two ways?
Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni
But he hath not attempted the Ascent -
فلا اقتحم العقبة
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is! -
وما أدراك ما العقبة
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu
(It is) to free a slave,
فك رقبة
It is the freeing of a slave
Fakku raqabatin
And to feed in the day of hunger.
أو إطعام في يوم ذي مسغبة
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin
An orphan near of kin,
يتيما ذا مقربة
An orphan of near relationship
Yateeman tha maqrabatin
Or some poor wretch in misery,
أو مسكينا ذا متربة
Or a needy person in misery
Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin
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
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
Their place will be on the right hand.
أولئك أصحاب الميمنة
Those are the companions of the right.
Olaika ashabu almaymanati
But those who disbelieve Our revelations, their place will be on the left hand.
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
Fire will be an awning over them.
عليهم نار مؤصدة
Over them will be fire closed in.
AAalayhim narun musadatun