Chapter 90, 20 verses
Nay! I swear by this city.
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بهذا البلد
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Nay, I swear by this city -
I swear by this city, Makkah -
And you shall be made free from obligation in this city - -
وأنت حل بهذا البلد
And thou art an indweller of this city -
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -
And the begetter and whom he begot.
ووالد وما ولد
And the begetter and that which he begat,
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
Certainly We have created man to be in distress.
لقد خلقنا الإنسان في كبد
We verily have created man in an atmosphere:
We have certainly created man into hardship.
Does he think that no one has power over him?
أيحسب أن لن يقدر عليه أحد
Thinketh he that none hath power over him ?
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
He shall say: I have wasted much wealth.
يقول أهلكت مالا لبدا
And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth:
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
Does he think that no one sees him?
أيحسب أن لم يره أحد
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him ?
Does he think that no one has seen him?
Have We not given him two eyes,
ألم نجعل له عينين
Did We not assign unto him two eyes
Have We not made for him two eyes?
And a tongue and two lips,
ولسانا وشفتين
And a tongue and two lips,
And a tongue and two lips?
And pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways?
وهديناه النجدين
And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways ?
And have shown him the two ways?
But he would not attempt the uphill road,
فلا اقتحم العقبة
But he hath not attempted the Ascent -
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
And what will make you comprehend what the uphill road is?
وما أدراك ما العقبة
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is! -
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
(It is) the setting free of a slave,
فك رقبة
(It is) to free a slave,
It is the freeing of a slave
Or the giving of food in a day of hunger
أو إطعام في يوم ذي مسغبة
And to feed in the day of hunger.
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
To an orphan, having relationship,
يتيما ذا مقربة
An orphan near of kin,
An orphan of near relationship
Or to the poor man lying in the dust.
أو مسكينا ذا متربة
Or some poor wretch in misery,
Or a needy person in misery
Then he is of those who believe and charge one another to show patience, and charge one another to show compassion.
ثم كان من الذين آمنوا وتواصوا بالصبر وتواصوا بالمرحمة
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.
These are the people of the right hand.
أولئك أصحاب الميمنة
Their place will be on the right hand.
Those are the companions of the right.
And (as for) those who disbelieve in our communications, they are the people of the left hand.
والذين كفروا بآياتنا هم أصحاب المشأمة
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.
On them is fire closed over.
عليهم نار مؤصدة
Fire will be an awning over them.
Over them will be fire closed in.