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