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);
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ لَا أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ
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).
وَأَنتَ حِلٌّ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ
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).
وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ
Certainly We have created man to be in distress.
Verily, We have created man in toil.
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ فِي كَبَدٍ
Does he think that no one has power over him?
Does he think that none can overcome him?
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ
He shall say: I have wasted much wealth.
He says (boastfully): "I have wasted wealth in abundance!"
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا
Does he think that no one sees him?
Does he think that none sees him?
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُ أَحَدٌ
Have We not given him two eyes,
Have We not made for him two eyes,
أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُ عَيْنَيْنِ
And a tongue and two lips,
And a tongue and two lips?
وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ
And pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways?
And shown him the two ways (good and evil)?
وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِ
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).
فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ
And what will make you comprehend what the uphill road is?
And what will make you know the path that is steep?
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ
(It is) the setting free of a slave,
(It is) freeing a neck (slave)
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
Or the giving of food in a day of hunger
Or giving food in a day of hunger (famine),
أَوْ إِطْعَامٌ فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي مَسْغَبَةٍ
To an orphan, having relationship,
To an orphan near of kin.
يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ
Or to the poor man lying in the dust.
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.
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 الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْمَرْحَمَةِ
These are the people of the right hand.
They are those on the Right Hand (i.e. the dwellers of Paradise),
أُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ
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).
وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ
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.
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌ