Chapter 90, 20 verses
La oqsimu bihatha albaladi
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Nay, I swear by this city -
I swear by this city, Makkah -
I do call to witness this City; -
Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi
And thou art an indweller of this city -
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -
And thou art a freeman of this City; -
Wawalidin wama walada
And the begetter and that which he begat,
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
And (the mystic ties of) parent and child; -
Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin
We verily have created man in an atmosphere:
We have certainly created man into hardship.
Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.
Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun
Thinketh he that none hath power over him ?
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?
Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan
And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth:
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance!
Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him ?
Does he think that no one has seen him?
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?
Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni
Did We not assign unto him two eyes
Have We not made for him two eyes?
Have We not made for him a pair of eyes? -
Walisanan washafatayni
And a tongue and two lips,
And a tongue and two lips?
And a tongue, and a pair of lips? -
Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni
And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways ?
And have shown him the two ways?
And shown him the two highways?
Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata
But he hath not attempted the Ascent -
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
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is! -
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
(It is) to free a slave,
It is the freeing of a slave
(It is:) freeing the bondman;
Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin
And to feed in the day of hunger.
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
Or the giving of food in a day of privation
Yateeman tha maqrabatin
An orphan near of kin,
An orphan of near relationship
To the orphan with claims of relationship,
Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin
Or some poor wretch in misery,
Or a needy person in misery
Or to the indigent (down) in the dust.
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.
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
Their place will be on the right hand.
Those are the companions of the right.
Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.
Waallatheena kafaroo biayatina hum ashabu almashamati
But those who disbelieve Our revelations, their place will be on the left hand.
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
Fire will be an awning over them.
Over them will be fire closed in.
On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round).