Chapter 90, 20 verses
Nay! I swear by this city.
I do call to witness this City; -
আমি শপথ করছি এই (মক্কা) নগরীর।
I swear by this city, Makkah -
And you shall be made free from obligation in this city - -
And thou art a freeman of this City; -
আর তোমাকে হালাল করে নেয়া হয়েছে এই নগরীতে।
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -
And the begetter and whom he begot.
And (the mystic ties of) parent and child; -
শপথ ওয়ালিদ (জনক) - এর এবং যা সে জন্ম দিয়েছে।
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
Certainly We have created man to be in distress.
Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.
আমরা সৃষ্টি করেছি ইনসানকে কষ্ট ও শ্রমের মধ্যে।
We have certainly created man into hardship.
Does he think that no one has power over him?
Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?
সে কি ধরে নিয়েছে, তার উপর কেউ জয়ী হবেনা?
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
He shall say: I have wasted much wealth.
He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance!
সে (সদম্ভে) বলে : আমি প্রচুর অর্থ সম্পদ হালাক করেছি (উড়িয়েছি)।
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
Does he think that no one sees him?
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?
সে কি ধরে নিয়েছে, কেউ তাকে দেখছেনা?
Does he think that no one has seen him?
Have We not given him two eyes,
Have We not made for him a pair of eyes? -
আমরা কি তার জন্যে সৃষ্টি করিনি একজোড়া চক্ষু?
Have We not made for him two eyes?
And a tongue and two lips,
And a tongue, and a pair of lips? -
একটি জিহবা আর দুটি ঠোঁট?
And a tongue and two lips?
And pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways?
And shown him the two highways?
আর তাকে দেখাইনি (ভালো আর মন্দ) দুটি পথ?
And have shown him the two ways?
But he would not attempt the uphill road,
But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep.
কিন্তু সে কষ্টসাধ্য গিরিপথে অগ্রসর হতে উদ্যোগ নেয়নি।
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
And what will make you comprehend what the uphill road is?
And what will explain to thee the path that is steep? -
তুমি কিভাবে জানবে, সেই কষ্টসাধ্য গিরিপথ কী?
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
(It is) the setting free of a slave,
(It is:) freeing the bondman;
(তাহলো) গলা (দাস) মুক্ত করা,
It is the freeing of a slave
Or the giving of food in a day of hunger
Or the giving of food in a day of privation
কিংবা দুর্ভিক্ষ বা অনাহারের দিনে আহার দান করা
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
To an orphan, having relationship,
To the orphan with claims of relationship,
এতিম আত্মীয়কে,
An orphan of near relationship
Or to the poor man lying in the dust.
Or to the indigent (down) in the dust.
কিংবা ধুলো মলিন (অভাব পীড়িত) মিসকিনকে,
Or a needy person in misery
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.
আর সেই সাথে সেইসব লোকদের অন্তরভুক্ত হওয়া, যারা ঈমান আনে এবং পরস্পরকে উপদেশ দেয় সবর করার আর রহমদিল হবার।
And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.
These are the people of the right hand.
Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.
এরাই ডান পাশের লোক।
Those are the companions of the right.
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.
আর যারা কুফুরি করে আমার আয়াতের প্রতি, তারাই বাম হাতের লোক।
But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.
On them is fire closed over.
On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round).
তারা থাকবে উপরে ঢাকনা এঁটে দেয়া আগুনের মধ্যে।
Over them will be fire closed in.