Chapter 90, 20 verses
Nay! I swear by this city.
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Nay, I swear by this city -
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بهذا البلد
I do call to witness this City; -
And you shall be made free from obligation in this city - -
And thou art an indweller of this city -
وأنت حل بهذا البلد
And thou art a freeman of this City; -
And the begetter and whom he begot.
And the begetter and that which he begat,
ووالد وما ولد
And (the mystic ties of) parent and child; -
Certainly We have created man to be in distress.
We verily have created man in an atmosphere:
لقد خلقنا الإنسان في كبد
Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.
Does he think that no one has power over him?
Thinketh he that none hath power over him ?
أيحسب أن لن يقدر عليه أحد
Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?
He shall say: I have wasted much wealth.
And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth:
يقول أهلكت مالا لبدا
He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance!
Does he think that no one sees him?
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him ?
أيحسب أن لم يره أحد
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?
Have We not given him two eyes,
Did We not assign unto him two eyes
ألم نجعل له عينين
Have We not made for him a pair of eyes? -
And a tongue and two lips,
And a tongue and two lips,
ولسانا وشفتين
And a tongue, and a pair of lips? -
And pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways?
And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways ?
وهديناه النجدين
And shown him the two highways?
But he would not attempt the uphill road,
But he hath not attempted the Ascent -
فلا اقتحم العقبة
But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep.
And what will make you comprehend what the uphill road is?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is! -
وما أدراك ما العقبة
And what will explain to thee the path that is steep? -
(It is) the setting free of a slave,
(It is) to free a slave,
فك رقبة
(It is:) freeing the bondman;
Or the giving of food in a day of hunger
And to feed in the day of hunger.
أو إطعام في يوم ذي مسغبة
Or the giving of food in a day of privation
To an orphan, having relationship,
An orphan near of kin,
يتيما ذا مقربة
To the orphan with claims of relationship,
Or to the poor man lying in the dust.
Or some poor wretch in misery,
أو مسكينا ذا متربة
Or to the indigent (down) in the dust.
Then he is of those who believe and charge one another to show patience, and charge one another to show compassion.
And to be of those who believe and exhort one another to perseverance and exhort one another to pity.
ثم كان من الذين آمنوا وتواصوا بالصبر وتواصوا بالمرحمة
Then will he be of those who believe, and enjoin patience, (constancy, and self - restraint), and enjoin deeds of kindness and compassion.
These are the people of the right hand.
Their place will be on the right hand.
أولئك أصحاب الميمنة
Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.
And (as for) those who disbelieve in our communications, they are the people of the left hand.
But those who disbelieve Our revelations, their place will be on the left hand.
والذين كفروا بآياتنا هم أصحاب المشأمة
But those who reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) Companions of the Left Hand.
On them is fire closed over.
Fire will be an awning over them.
عليهم نار مؤصدة
On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round).