Chapter 90, 20 verses
Nay! I swear by this city.
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ لَا أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ
I do call to witness this City; -
And you shall be made free from obligation in this city - -
وَأَنتَ حِلٌّ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ
And thou art a freeman of this City; -
And the begetter and whom he begot.
وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ
And (the mystic ties of) parent and child; -
Certainly We have created man to be in distress.
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ فِي كَبَدٍ
Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.
Does he think that no one has power over him?
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ
Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?
He shall say: I have wasted much wealth.
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا
He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance!
Does he think that no one sees him?
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُ أَحَدٌ
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?
Have We not given him two eyes,
أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُ عَيْنَيْنِ
Have We not made for him a pair of eyes? -
And a tongue and two lips,
وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ
And a tongue, and a pair of lips? -
And pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways?
وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِ
And shown him the two highways?
But he would not attempt the uphill road,
فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ
But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep.
And what will make you comprehend what the uphill road is?
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ
And what will explain to thee the path that is steep? -
(It is) the setting free of a slave,
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
(It is:) freeing the bondman;
Or the giving of food in a day of hunger
أَوْ إِطْعَامٌ فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي مَسْغَبَةٍ
Or the giving of food in a day of privation
To an orphan, having relationship,
يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ
To the orphan with claims of relationship,
Or to the poor man lying in the dust.
أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ
Or to the indigent (down) in the dust.
Then he is of those who believe and charge one another to show patience, and charge one another to show compassion.
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْمَرْحَمَةِ
Then will he be of those who believe, and enjoin patience, (constancy, and self - restraint), and enjoin deeds of kindness and compassion.
These are the people of the right hand.
أُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ
Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.
And (as for) those who disbelieve in our communications, they are the people of the left hand.
وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ
But those who reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) Companions of the Left Hand.
On them is fire closed over.
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌ
On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round).