Chapter 90, 20 verses
La oqsimu bihatha albaladi
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بهذا البلد
I do call to witness this City; -
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. I swear by this city (Makkah);
Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi
وأنت حل بهذا البلد
And thou art a freeman of this City; -
And you are free (from sin, and to punish the enemies of Islam on the Day of the conquest) in this city (Makkah).
Wawalidin wama walada
ووالد وما ولد
And (the mystic ties of) parent and child; -
And by the begetter (i.e. Adam عليه السلام) and that which he begot (i.e. his progeny).
Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin
لقد خلقنا الإنسان في كبد
Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.
Verily, We have created man in toil.
Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun
أيحسب أن لن يقدر عليه أحد
Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?
Does he think that none can overcome him?
Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan
يقول أهلكت مالا لبدا
He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance!
He says (boastfully): "I have wasted wealth in abundance!"
Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun
أيحسب أن لم يره أحد
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?
Does he think that none sees him?
Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni
ألم نجعل له عينين
Have We not made for him a pair of eyes? -
Have We not made for 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 shown him the two ways (good and evil)?
Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata
فلا اقتحم العقبة
But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep.
But he has not attempted to pass on the path that is steep (i.e. the path which will lead to goodness and success).
Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu
وما أدراك ما العقبة
And what will explain to thee the path that is steep? -
And what will make you know the path that is steep?
Fakku raqabatin
فك رقبة
(It is:) freeing the bondman;
(It is) freeing a neck (slave)
Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin
أو إطعام في يوم ذي مسغبة
Or the giving of food in a day of privation
Or giving food in a day of hunger (famine),
Yateeman tha maqrabatin
يتيما ذا مقربة
To the orphan with claims of relationship,
To an orphan near of kin.
Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin
أو مسكينا ذا متربة
Or to the indigent (down) in the dust.
Or to a Miskin (poor) cleaving to dust (out of misery).
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 became one of those who believed (in the Islamic Monotheism) and recommended one another to perseverance and patience, and (also) recommended one another to pity and compassion.
Olaika ashabu almaymanati
أولئك أصحاب الميمنة
Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.
They are those on the Right Hand (i.e. the dwellers of Paradise),
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.
But those who disbelieved in Our Ayat (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.), they are those on the Left Hand (the dwellers of Hell).
AAalayhim narun musadatun
عليهم نار مؤصدة
On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round).
The Fire will be shut over them (i.e. they will be enveloped by the Fire without any opening or window or outlet.