Chapter 90, 20 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Nay, I swear by this city -
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. I swear by this city (Makkah);
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ لَا أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ
And thou art an indweller of this city -
And you are free (from sin, and to punish the enemies of Islam on the Day of the conquest) in this city (Makkah).
وَأَنتَ حِلٌّ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ
And the begetter and that which he begat,
And by the begetter (i.e. Adam عليه السلام) and that which he begot (i.e. his progeny).
وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ
We verily have created man in an atmosphere:
Verily, We have created man in toil.
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ فِي كَبَدٍ
Thinketh he that none hath power over him ?
Does he think that none can overcome him?
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ
And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth:
He says (boastfully): "I have wasted wealth in abundance!"
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him ?
Does he think that none sees him?
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُ أَحَدٌ
Did We not assign unto him two eyes
Have We not made for him two eyes,
أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُ عَيْنَيْنِ
And a tongue and two lips,
And a tongue and two lips?
وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ
And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways ?
And shown him the two ways (good and evil)?
وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِ
But he hath not attempted the Ascent -
But he has not attempted to pass on the path that is steep (i.e. the path which will lead to goodness and success).
فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is! -
And what will make you know the path that is steep?
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ
(It is) to free a slave,
(It is) freeing a neck (slave)
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
And to feed in the day of hunger.
Or giving food in a day of hunger (famine),
أَوْ إِطْعَامٌ فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي مَسْغَبَةٍ
An orphan near of kin,
To an orphan near of kin.
يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ
Or some poor wretch in misery,
Or to a Miskin (poor) cleaving to dust (out of misery).
أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ
And to be of those who believe and exhort one another to perseverance and exhort one another to pity.
Then he became one of those who believed (in the Islamic Monotheism) and recommended one another to perseverance and patience, and (also) recommended one another to pity and compassion.
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْمَرْحَمَةِ
Their place will be on the right hand.
They are those on the Right Hand (i.e. the dwellers of Paradise),
أُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ
But those who disbelieve Our revelations, their place will be on the left hand.
But those who disbelieved in Our Ayat (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.), they are those on the Left Hand (the dwellers of Hell).
وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ
Fire will be an awning over them.
The Fire will be shut over them (i.e. they will be enveloped by the Fire without any opening or window or outlet.
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌ