Chapter 90, 20 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Nay, I swear by this city -
La oqsimu bihatha albaladi
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بهذا البلد
I swear by this city, Makkah -
And thou art an indweller of this city -
Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi
وأنت حل بهذا البلد
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -
And the begetter and that which he begat,
Wawalidin wama walada
ووالد وما ولد
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
We verily have created man in an atmosphere:
Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin
لقد خلقنا الإنسان في كبد
We have certainly created man into hardship.
Thinketh he that none hath power over him ?
Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun
أيحسب أن لن يقدر عليه أحد
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth:
Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan
يقول أهلكت مالا لبدا
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him ?
Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun
أيحسب أن لم يره أحد
Does he think that no one has seen him?
Did We not assign unto him two eyes
Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni
ألم نجعل له عينين
Have We not made for him two eyes?
And a tongue and two lips,
Walisanan washafatayni
ولسانا وشفتين
And a tongue and two lips?
And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways ?
Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni
وهديناه النجدين
And have shown him the two ways?
But he hath not attempted the Ascent -
Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata
فلا اقتحم العقبة
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is! -
Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu
وما أدراك ما العقبة
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
(It is) to free a slave,
Fakku raqabatin
فك رقبة
It is the freeing of a slave
And to feed in the day of hunger.
Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin
أو إطعام في يوم ذي مسغبة
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
An orphan near of kin,
Yateeman tha maqrabatin
يتيما ذا مقربة
An orphan of near relationship
Or some poor wretch in misery,
Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin
أو مسكينا ذا متربة
Or a needy person in misery
And to be of those who believe and exhort one another to perseverance and exhort one another to pity.
Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati
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.
Their place will be on the right hand.
Olaika ashabu almaymanati
أولئك أصحاب الميمنة
Those are the companions of the right.
But those who disbelieve Our revelations, their place will be on the left hand.
Waallatheena kafaroo biayatina hum ashabu almashamati
والذين كفروا بآياتنا هم أصحاب المشأمة
But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.
Fire will be an awning over them.
AAalayhim narun musadatun
عليهم نار مؤصدة
Over them will be fire closed in.