Shakir
Nay! I swear by this city.
Yusuf Ali
I do call to witness this City; -
Al Balad
Chapter 90, 20 verses
Shakir
And you shall be made free from obligation in this city - -
Yusuf Ali
And thou art a freeman of this City; -
Shakir
And the begetter and whom he begot.
Yusuf Ali
And (the mystic ties of) parent and child; -
Shakir
Certainly We have created man to be in distress.
Yusuf Ali
Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.
Shakir
Does he think that no one has power over him?
Yusuf Ali
Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?
Shakir
He shall say: I have wasted much wealth.
Yusuf Ali
He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance!
Shakir
Does he think that no one sees him?
Yusuf Ali
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?
Shakir
Have We not given him two eyes,
Yusuf Ali
Have We not made for him a pair of eyes? -
Shakir
And a tongue and two lips,
Yusuf Ali
And a tongue, and a pair of lips? -
Shakir
And pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways?
Yusuf Ali
And shown him the two highways?
Shakir
But he would not attempt the uphill road,
Yusuf Ali
But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep.
Shakir
And what will make you comprehend what the uphill road is?
Yusuf Ali
And what will explain to thee the path that is steep? -
Shakir
(It is) the setting free of a slave,
Yusuf Ali
(It is:) freeing the bondman;
Shakir
Or the giving of food in a day of hunger
Yusuf Ali
Or the giving of food in a day of privation
Shakir
To an orphan, having relationship,
Yusuf Ali
To the orphan with claims of relationship,
Shakir
Or to the poor man lying in the dust.
Yusuf Ali
Or to the indigent (down) in the dust.
Shakir
Then he is of those who believe and charge one another to show patience, and charge one another to show compassion.
Yusuf Ali
Then will he be of those who believe, and enjoin patience, (constancy, and self - restraint), and enjoin deeds of kindness and compassion.
Shakir
These are the people of the right hand.
Yusuf Ali
Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.
Shakir
And (as for) those who disbelieve in our communications, they are the people of the left hand.
Yusuf Ali
But those who reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) Companions of the Left Hand.
Shakir
On them is fire closed over.
Yusuf Ali
On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round).