Chapter 90, 20 verses
La oqsimu bihatha albaladi
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Nay, I swear by this city -
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ لَا أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ
Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi
And thou art an indweller of this city -
وَأَنتَ حِلٌّ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ
Wawalidin wama walada
And the begetter and that which he begat,
وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ
Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin
We verily have created man in an atmosphere:
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ فِي كَبَدٍ
Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun
Thinketh he that none hath power over him ?
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ
Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan
And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth:
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا
Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him ?
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُ أَحَدٌ
Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni
Did We not assign unto him two eyes
أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُ عَيْنَيْنِ
Walisanan washafatayni
And a tongue and two lips,
وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ
Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni
And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways ?
وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِ
Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata
But he hath not attempted the Ascent -
فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ
Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is! -
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ
Fakku raqabatin
(It is) to free a slave,
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin
And to feed in the day of hunger.
أَوْ إِطْعَامٌ فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي مَسْغَبَةٍ
Yateeman tha maqrabatin
An orphan near of kin,
يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ
Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin
Or some poor wretch in misery,
أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ
Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati
And to be of those who believe and exhort one another to perseverance and exhort one another to pity.
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْمَرْحَمَةِ
Olaika ashabu almaymanati
Their place will be on the right hand.
أُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ
Waallatheena kafaroo biayatina hum ashabu almashamati
But those who disbelieve Our revelations, their place will be on the left hand.
وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ
AAalayhim narun musadatun
Fire will be an awning over them.
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌ