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