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