Chapter 90, 20 verses
La oqsimu bihatha albaladi
Nay! I swear by this city.
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Nay, I swear by this city -
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بهذا البلد
Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi
And you shall be made free from obligation in this city - -
And thou art an indweller of this city -
وأنت حل بهذا البلد
Wawalidin wama walada
And the begetter and whom he begot.
And the begetter and that which he begat,
ووالد وما ولد
Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin
Certainly We have created man to be in distress.
We verily have created man in an atmosphere:
لقد خلقنا الإنسان في كبد
Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun
Does he think that no one has power over him?
Thinketh he that none hath power over him ?
أيحسب أن لن يقدر عليه أحد
Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan
He shall say: I have wasted much wealth.
And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth:
يقول أهلكت مالا لبدا
Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun
Does he think that no one sees him?
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him ?
أيحسب أن لم يره أحد
Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni
Have We not given him two eyes,
Did We not assign unto him two eyes
ألم نجعل له عينين
Walisanan washafatayni
And a tongue and two lips,
And a tongue and two lips,
ولسانا وشفتين
Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni
And pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways?
And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways ?
وهديناه النجدين
Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata
But he would not attempt the uphill road,
But he hath not attempted the Ascent -
فلا اقتحم العقبة
Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu
And what will make you comprehend what the uphill road is?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is! -
وما أدراك ما العقبة
Fakku raqabatin
(It is) the setting free of a slave,
(It is) to free a slave,
فك رقبة
Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin
Or the giving of food in a day of hunger
And to feed in the day of hunger.
أو إطعام في يوم ذي مسغبة
Yateeman tha maqrabatin
To an orphan, having relationship,
An orphan near of kin,
يتيما ذا مقربة
Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin
Or to the poor man lying in the dust.
Or some poor wretch in misery,
أو مسكينا ذا متربة
Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati
Then he is of those who believe and charge one another to show patience, and charge one another to show compassion.
And to be of those who believe and exhort one another to perseverance and exhort one another to pity.
ثم كان من الذين آمنوا وتواصوا بالصبر وتواصوا بالمرحمة
Olaika ashabu almaymanati
These are the people of the right hand.
Their place will be on the right hand.
أولئك أصحاب الميمنة
Waallatheena kafaroo biayatina hum ashabu almashamati
And (as for) those who disbelieve in our communications, they are the people of the left hand.
But those who disbelieve Our revelations, their place will be on the left hand.
والذين كفروا بآياتنا هم أصحاب المشأمة
AAalayhim narun musadatun
On them is fire closed over.
Fire will be an awning over them.
عليهم نار مؤصدة