Chapter 90, 20 verses
Nay! I swear by this city.
La oqsimu bihatha albaladi
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. I swear by this city (Makkah);
لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
And you shall be made free from obligation in this city - -
Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi
And you are free (from sin, and to punish the enemies of Islam on the Day of the conquest) in this city (Makkah).
وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
And the begetter and whom he begot.
Wawalidin wama walada
And by the begetter (i.e. Adam عليه السلام) and that which he begot (i.e. his progeny).
وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ
Certainly We have created man to be in distress.
Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin
Verily, We have created man in toil.
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ
Does he think that no one has power over him?
Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun
Does he think that none can overcome him?
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ
He shall say: I have wasted much wealth.
Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan
He says (boastfully): "I have wasted wealth in abundance!"
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا
Does he think that no one sees him?
Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun
Does he think that none sees him?
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
Have We not given him two eyes,
Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni
Have We not made for him two eyes,
أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ
And a tongue and two lips,
Walisanan washafatayni
And a tongue and two lips?
وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ
And pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways?
Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni
And shown him the two ways (good and evil)?
وَهَدَيْنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ
But he would not attempt the uphill road,
Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata
But he has not attempted to pass on the path that is steep (i.e. the path which will lead to goodness and success).
فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ
And what will make you comprehend what the uphill road is?
Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu
And what will make you know the path that is steep?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ
(It is) the setting free of a slave,
Fakku raqabatin
(It is) freeing a neck (slave)
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
Or the giving of food in a day of hunger
Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin
Or giving food in a day of hunger (famine),
أَوْ إِطْعَٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ
To an orphan, having relationship,
Yateeman tha maqrabatin
To an orphan near of kin.
يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ
Or to the poor man lying in the dust.
Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin
Or to a Miskin (poor) cleaving to dust (out of misery).
أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ
Then he is of those who believe and charge one another to show patience, and charge one another to show compassion.
Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati
Then he became one of those who believed (in the Islamic Monotheism) and recommended one another to perseverance and patience, and (also) recommended one another to pity and compassion.
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ
These are the people of the right hand.
Olaika ashabu almaymanati
They are those on the Right Hand (i.e. the dwellers of Paradise),
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ
And (as for) those who disbelieve in our communications, they are the people of the left hand.
Waallatheena kafaroo biayatina hum ashabu almashamati
But those who disbelieved in Our Ayat (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.), they are those on the Left Hand (the dwellers of Hell).
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ
On them is fire closed over.
AAalayhim narun musadatun
The Fire will be shut over them (i.e. they will be enveloped by the Fire without any opening or window or outlet.
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ