Chapter 90, 20 verses
Nay! I swear by this city.
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بهذا البلد
I swear by this city, Makkah -
And you shall be made free from obligation in this city - -
وأنت حل بهذا البلد
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -
And the begetter and whom he begot.
ووالد وما ولد
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 have certainly created man into hardship.
Does he think that no one has power over him?
أيحسب أن لن يقدر عليه أحد
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
He shall say: I have wasted much wealth.
يقول أهلكت مالا لبدا
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
Does he think that no one sees him?
أيحسب أن لم يره أحد
Does he think that no one has seen him?
Have We not given him two eyes,
ألم نجعل له عينين
Have We not made for him two eyes?
And a tongue and two lips,
ولسانا وشفتين
And a tongue and two lips?
And pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways?
وهديناه النجدين
And have shown him the two ways?
But he would not attempt the uphill road,
فلا اقتحم العقبة
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
And what will make you comprehend what the uphill road is?
وما أدراك ما العقبة
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 the freeing of a slave
Or the giving of food in a day of hunger
أو إطعام في يوم ذي مسغبة
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
To an orphan, having relationship,
يتيما ذا مقربة
An orphan of near relationship
Or to the poor man lying in the dust.
أو مسكينا ذا متربة
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 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
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 they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.
On them is fire closed over.
عليهم نار مؤصدة
Over them will be fire closed in.