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
And you shall be made free from obligation in this city - -
And thou art an indweller of this city -
وأنت حل بهذا البلد
And the begetter and whom he begot.
And the begetter and that which he begat,
ووالد وما ولد
Certainly We have created man to be in distress.
We verily have created man in an atmosphere:
لقد خلقنا الإنسان في كبد
Does he think that no one has power over him?
Thinketh he that none hath power over him ?
أيحسب أن لن يقدر عليه أحد
He shall say: I have wasted much wealth.
And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth:
يقول أهلكت مالا لبدا
Does he think that no one sees him?
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him ?
أيحسب أن لم يره أحد
Have We not given him two eyes,
Did We not assign unto him two eyes
ألم نجعل له عينين
And a tongue and two lips,
And a tongue and two lips,
ولسانا وشفتين
And pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways?
And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways ?
وهديناه النجدين
But he would not attempt the uphill road,
But he hath not attempted the Ascent -
فلا اقتحم العقبة
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
(It is) the setting free of a slave,
(It is) to free a slave,
فك رقبة
Or the giving of food in a day of hunger
And to feed in the day of hunger.
أو إطعام في يوم ذي مسغبة
To an orphan, having relationship,
An orphan near of kin,
يتيما ذا مقربة
Or to the poor man lying in the dust.
Or some poor wretch in misery,
أو مسكينا ذا متربة
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
These are the people of the right hand.
Their place will be on the right hand.
أولئك أصحاب الميمنة
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
On them is fire closed over.
Fire will be an awning over them.
عليهم نار مؤصدة