Chapter 90, 20 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Nay, I swear by this city -
La oqsimu bihatha albaladi
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ لَا أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ
And thou art an indweller of this city -
Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi
وَأَنتَ حِلٌّ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ
And the begetter and that which he begat,
Wawalidin wama walada
وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ
We verily have created man in an atmosphere:
Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ فِي كَبَدٍ
Thinketh he that none hath power over him ?
Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ
And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth:
Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him ?
Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُ أَحَدٌ
Did We not assign unto him two eyes
Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni
أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُ عَيْنَيْنِ
And a tongue and two lips,
Walisanan washafatayni
وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ
And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways ?
Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni
وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِ
But he hath not attempted the Ascent -
Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata
فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is! -
Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ
(It is) to free a slave,
Fakku raqabatin
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
And to feed in the day of hunger.
Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin
أَوْ إِطْعَامٌ فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي مَسْغَبَةٍ
An orphan near of kin,
Yateeman tha maqrabatin
يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ
Or some poor wretch in misery,
Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin
أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ
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
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْمَرْحَمَةِ
Their place will be on the right hand.
Olaika ashabu almaymanati
أُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ
But those who disbelieve Our revelations, their place will be on the left hand.
Waallatheena kafaroo biayatina hum ashabu almashamati
وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ
Fire will be an awning over them.
AAalayhim narun musadatun
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌ