Chapter 90, 20 verses
Nay! I swear by this city.
I swear by this city, Makkah -
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بهذا البلد
La oqsimu bihatha albaladi
And you shall be made free from obligation in this city - -
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -
وأنت حل بهذا البلد
Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi
And the begetter and whom he begot.
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
ووالد وما ولد
Wawalidin wama walada
Certainly We have created man to be in distress.
We have certainly created man into hardship.
لقد خلقنا الإنسان في كبد
Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin
Does he think that no one has power over him?
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
أيحسب أن لن يقدر عليه أحد
Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun
He shall say: I have wasted much wealth.
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
يقول أهلكت مالا لبدا
Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan
Does he think that no one sees him?
Does he think that no one has seen him?
أيحسب أن لم يره أحد
Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun
Have We not given him two eyes,
Have We not made for him two eyes?
ألم نجعل له عينين
Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni
And a tongue and two lips,
And a tongue and two lips?
ولسانا وشفتين
Walisanan washafatayni
And pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways?
And have shown him the two ways?
وهديناه النجدين
Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni
But he would not attempt the uphill road,
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
فلا اقتحم العقبة
Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata
And what will make you comprehend what the uphill road is?
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
وما أدراك ما العقبة
Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu
(It is) the setting free of a slave,
It is the freeing of a slave
فك رقبة
Fakku raqabatin
Or the giving of food in a day of hunger
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
أو إطعام في يوم ذي مسغبة
Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin
To an orphan, having relationship,
An orphan of near relationship
يتيما ذا مقربة
Yateeman tha maqrabatin
Or to the poor man lying in the dust.
Or a needy person in misery
أو مسكينا ذا متربة
Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin
Then he is of those who believe and charge one another to show patience, and charge one another to show compassion.
And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.
ثم كان من الذين آمنوا وتواصوا بالصبر وتواصوا بالمرحمة
Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati
These are the people of the right hand.
Those are the companions of the right.
أولئك أصحاب الميمنة
Olaika ashabu almaymanati
And (as for) those who disbelieve in our communications, they are the people of the left hand.
But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.
والذين كفروا بآياتنا هم أصحاب المشأمة
Waallatheena kafaroo biayatina hum ashabu almashamati
On them is fire closed over.
Over them will be fire closed in.
عليهم نار مؤصدة
AAalayhim narun musadatun