Chapter 90, 20 verses
La oqsimu bihatha albaladi
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بهذا البلد
I swear by this city, Makkah -
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Nay, I swear by this city -
Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi
وأنت حل بهذا البلد
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -
And thou art an indweller of this city -
Wawalidin wama walada
ووالد وما ولد
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
And the begetter and that which he begat,
Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin
لقد خلقنا الإنسان في كبد
We have certainly created man into hardship.
We verily have created man in an atmosphere:
Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun
أيحسب أن لن يقدر عليه أحد
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
Thinketh he that none hath power over him ?
Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan
يقول أهلكت مالا لبدا
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth:
Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun
أيحسب أن لم يره أحد
Does he think that no one has seen him?
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him ?
Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni
ألم نجعل له عينين
Have We not made for him two eyes?
Did We not assign unto him two eyes
Walisanan washafatayni
ولسانا وشفتين
And a tongue and two lips?
And a tongue and two lips,
Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni
وهديناه النجدين
And have shown him the two ways?
And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways ?
Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata
فلا اقتحم العقبة
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
But he hath not attempted the Ascent -
Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu
وما أدراك ما العقبة
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is! -
Fakku raqabatin
فك رقبة
It is the freeing of a slave
(It is) to free a slave,
Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin
أو إطعام في يوم ذي مسغبة
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
And to feed in the day of hunger.
Yateeman tha maqrabatin
يتيما ذا مقربة
An orphan of near relationship
An orphan near of kin,
Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin
أو مسكينا ذا متربة
Or a needy person in misery
Or some poor wretch in misery,
Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati
ثم كان من الذين آمنوا وتواصوا بالصبر وتواصوا بالمرحمة
And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.
And to be of those who believe and exhort one another to perseverance and exhort one another to pity.
Olaika ashabu almaymanati
أولئك أصحاب الميمنة
Those are the companions of the right.
Their place will be on the right hand.
Waallatheena kafaroo biayatina hum ashabu almashamati
والذين كفروا بآياتنا هم أصحاب المشأمة
But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.
But those who disbelieve Our revelations, their place will be on the left hand.
AAalayhim narun musadatun
عليهم نار مؤصدة
Over them will be fire closed in.
Fire will be an awning over them.