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
And thou art an indweller of this city -
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -
وأنت حل بهذا البلد
And the begetter and that which he begat,
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
ووالد وما ولد
We verily have created man in an atmosphere:
We have certainly created man into hardship.
لقد خلقنا الإنسان في كبد
Thinketh he that none hath power over him ?
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
أيحسب أن لن يقدر عليه أحد
And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth:
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
يقول أهلكت مالا لبدا
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him ?
Does he think that no one has seen him?
أيحسب أن لم يره أحد
Did We not assign unto him two eyes
Have We not made for him two eyes?
ألم نجعل له عينين
And a tongue and two lips,
And a tongue and two lips?
ولسانا وشفتين
And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways ?
And have shown him the two ways?
وهديناه النجدين
But he hath not attempted the Ascent -
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
فلا اقتحم العقبة
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
(It is) to free a slave,
It is the freeing of a slave
فك رقبة
And to feed in the day of hunger.
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
أو إطعام في يوم ذي مسغبة
An orphan near of kin,
An orphan of near relationship
يتيما ذا مقربة
Or some poor wretch in misery,
Or a needy person in misery
أو مسكينا ذا متربة
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
Their place will be on the right hand.
Those are the companions of the right.
أولئك أصحاب الميمنة
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
Fire will be an awning over them.
Over them will be fire closed in.
عليهم نار مؤصدة