Chapter 90, 20 verses
Nay! I swear by this city.
La oqsimu bihatha albaladi
I do call to witness this City; -
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بهذا البلد
And you shall be made free from obligation in this city - -
Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi
And thou art a freeman of this City; -
وأنت حل بهذا البلد
And the begetter and whom he begot.
Wawalidin wama walada
And (the mystic ties of) parent and child; -
ووالد وما ولد
Certainly We have created man to be in distress.
Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin
Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.
لقد خلقنا الإنسان في كبد
Does he think that no one has power over him?
Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun
Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?
أيحسب أن لن يقدر عليه أحد
He shall say: I have wasted much wealth.
Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan
He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance!
يقول أهلكت مالا لبدا
Does he think that no one sees him?
Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?
أيحسب أن لم يره أحد
Have We not given him two eyes,
Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni
Have We not made for him a pair of eyes? -
ألم نجعل له عينين
And a tongue and two lips,
Walisanan washafatayni
And a tongue, and a pair of lips? -
ولسانا وشفتين
And pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways?
Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni
And shown him the two highways?
وهديناه النجدين
But he would not attempt the uphill road,
Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata
But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep.
فلا اقتحم العقبة
And what will make you comprehend what the uphill road is?
Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu
And what will explain to thee the path that is steep? -
وما أدراك ما العقبة
(It is) the setting free of a slave,
Fakku raqabatin
(It is:) freeing the bondman;
فك رقبة
Or the giving of food in a day of hunger
Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin
Or the giving of food in a day of privation
أو إطعام في يوم ذي مسغبة
To an orphan, having relationship,
Yateeman tha maqrabatin
To the orphan with claims of relationship,
يتيما ذا مقربة
Or to the poor man lying in the dust.
Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin
Or to the indigent (down) in the dust.
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.
Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati
Then will he be of those who believe, and enjoin patience, (constancy, and self - restraint), and enjoin deeds of kindness and compassion.
ثم كان من الذين آمنوا وتواصوا بالصبر وتواصوا بالمرحمة
These are the people of the right hand.
Olaika ashabu almaymanati
Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.
أولئك أصحاب الميمنة
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 reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) Companions of the Left Hand.
والذين كفروا بآياتنا هم أصحاب المشأمة
On them is fire closed over.
AAalayhim narun musadatun
On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round).
عليهم نار مؤصدة