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