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 -
I do call to witness this City; -
لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
And thou art an indweller of this city -
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -
And thou art a freeman of this City; -
وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
And the begetter and that which he begat,
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
And (the mystic ties of) parent and child; -
وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ
We verily have created man in an atmosphere:
We have certainly created man into hardship.
Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ
Thinketh he that none hath power over him ?
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ
And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth:
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance!
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him ?
Does he think that no one has seen him?
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
Did We not assign unto him two eyes
Have We not made for him two eyes?
Have We not made for him a pair of eyes? -
أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ
And a tongue and two lips,
And a tongue and two lips?
And a tongue, and a pair of lips? -
وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ
And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways ?
And have shown him the two ways?
And shown him the two highways?
وَهَدَيْنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ
But he hath not attempted the Ascent -
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep.
فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is! -
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
And what will explain to thee the path that is steep? -
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ
(It is) to free a slave,
It is the freeing of a slave
(It is:) freeing the bondman;
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
And to feed in the day of hunger.
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
Or the giving of food in a day of privation
أَوْ إِطْعَٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ
An orphan near of kin,
An orphan of near relationship
To the orphan with claims of relationship,
يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ
Or some poor wretch in misery,
Or a needy person in misery
Or to the indigent (down) in the dust.
أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ
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.
Then will he be of those who believe, and enjoin patience, (constancy, and self - restraint), and enjoin deeds of kindness and compassion.
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ
Their place will be on the right hand.
Those are the companions of the right.
Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ
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.
But those who reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) Companions of the Left Hand.
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ
Fire will be an awning over them.
Over them will be fire closed in.
On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round).
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ