Chapter 90, 20 verses
La oqsimu bihatha albaladi
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بهذا البلد
I swear by this city, Makkah -
I do call to witness this City; -
Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi
وأنت حل بهذا البلد
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -
And thou art a freeman of this City; -
Wawalidin wama walada
ووالد وما ولد
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
And (the mystic ties of) parent and child; -
Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin
لقد خلقنا الإنسان في كبد
We have certainly created man into hardship.
Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.
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."
He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance!
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?
Have We not made for him a pair of eyes? -
Walisanan washafatayni
ولسانا وشفتين
And a tongue and two lips?
And a tongue, and a pair of lips? -
Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni
وهديناه النجدين
And have shown him the two ways?
And shown him the two highways?
Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata
فلا اقتحم العقبة
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep.
Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu
وما أدراك ما العقبة
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
And what will explain to thee the path that is steep? -
Fakku raqabatin
فك رقبة
It is the freeing of a slave
(It is:) freeing the bondman;
Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin
أو إطعام في يوم ذي مسغبة
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
Or the giving of food in a day of privation
Yateeman tha maqrabatin
يتيما ذا مقربة
An orphan of near relationship
To the orphan with claims of relationship,
Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin
أو مسكينا ذا متربة
Or a needy person in misery
Or to the indigent (down) in the dust.
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.
Then will he be of those who believe, and enjoin patience, (constancy, and self - restraint), and enjoin deeds of kindness and compassion.
Olaika ashabu almaymanati
أولئك أصحاب الميمنة
Those are the companions of the right.
Such are the Companions of 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 reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) Companions of the Left Hand.
AAalayhim narun musadatun
عليهم نار مؤصدة
Over them will be fire closed in.
On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round).