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