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 -
لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
And thou art an indweller of this city -
وأنت حل بهذا البلد
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -
وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
And the begetter and that which he begat,
ووالد وما ولد
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ
We verily have created man in an atmosphere:
لقد خلقنا الإنسان في كبد
We have certainly created man into hardship.
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ
Thinketh he that none hath power over him ?
أيحسب أن لن يقدر عليه أحد
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ
And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth:
يقول أهلكت مالا لبدا
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him ?
أيحسب أن لم يره أحد
Does he think that no one has seen him?
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
Did We not assign unto him two eyes
ألم نجعل له عينين
Have We not made for him two eyes?
أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ
And a tongue and two lips,
ولسانا وشفتين
And a tongue and two lips?
وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ
And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways ?
وهديناه النجدين
And have shown him the two ways?
وَهَدَيْنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ
But he hath not attempted the Ascent -
فلا اقتحم العقبة
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ
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?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ
(It is) to free a slave,
فك رقبة
It is the freeing of a slave
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
And to feed in the day of hunger.
أو إطعام في يوم ذي مسغبة
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
أَوْ إِطْعَٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ
An orphan near of kin,
يتيما ذا مقربة
An orphan of near relationship
يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ
Or some poor wretch in misery,
أو مسكينا ذا متربة
Or a needy person in misery
أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ
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.
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ
Their place will be on the right hand.
أولئك أصحاب الميمنة
Those are the companions of the right.
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ
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.
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ
Fire will be an awning over them.
عليهم نار مؤصدة
Over them will be fire closed in.
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ