Chapter 90, 20 verses
Nay! I swear by this city.
La oqsimu bihatha albaladi
I swear by this city, Makkah -
And you shall be made free from obligation in this city - -
Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -
And the begetter and whom he begot.
Wawalidin wama walada
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
Certainly We have created man to be in distress.
Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin
We have certainly created man into hardship.
Does he think that no one has power over him?
Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
He shall say: I have wasted much wealth.
Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
Does he think that no one sees him?
Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun
Does he think that no one has seen him?
Have We not given him two eyes,
Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni
Have We not made for him two eyes?
And a tongue and two lips,
Walisanan washafatayni
And a tongue and two lips?
And pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways?
Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni
And have shown him the two ways?
But he would not attempt the uphill road,
Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
And what will make you comprehend what the uphill road is?
Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
(It is) the setting free of a slave,
Fakku raqabatin
It is the freeing of a slave
Or the giving of food in a day of hunger
Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
To an orphan, having relationship,
Yateeman tha maqrabatin
An orphan of near relationship
Or to the poor man lying in the dust.
Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin
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.
Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati
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.
Olaika ashabu almaymanati
Those are the companions of the right.
And (as for) those who disbelieve in our communications, they are the people of the left hand.
Waallatheena kafaroo biayatina hum ashabu almashamati
But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.
On them is fire closed over.
AAalayhim narun musadatun
Over them will be fire closed in.