Chapter 90, 20 verses
La oqsimu bihatha albaladi
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ لَا أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ
I swear by this city, Makkah -
Nay! I swear by this city.
Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi
وَأَنتَ حِلٌّ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -
And you shall be made free from obligation in this city - -
Wawalidin wama walada
وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
And the begetter and whom he begot.
Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ فِي كَبَدٍ
We have certainly created man into hardship.
Certainly We have created man to be in distress.
Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
Does he think that no one has power over him?
Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
He shall say: I have wasted much wealth.
Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُ أَحَدٌ
Does he think that no one has seen him?
Does he think that no one sees him?
Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni
أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُ عَيْنَيْنِ
Have We not made for him two eyes?
Have We not given him two eyes,
Walisanan washafatayni
وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ
And a tongue and two lips?
And a tongue and two lips,
Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni
وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِ
And have shown him the two ways?
And pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways?
Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata
فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
But he would not attempt the uphill road,
Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
And what will make you comprehend what the uphill road is?
Fakku raqabatin
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
It is the freeing of a slave
(It is) the setting free of a slave,
Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin
أَوْ إِطْعَامٌ فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي مَسْغَبَةٍ
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
Or the giving of food in a day of hunger
Yateeman tha maqrabatin
يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ
An orphan of near relationship
To an orphan, having relationship,
Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin
أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ
Or a needy person in misery
Or to the poor man lying in the dust.
Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْمَرْحَمَةِ
And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to 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
أُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ
Those are the companions of the right.
These are the people of the right hand.
Waallatheena kafaroo biayatina hum ashabu almashamati
وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ
But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.
And (as for) those who disbelieve in our communications, they are the people of the left hand.
AAalayhim narun musadatun
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌ
Over them will be fire closed in.
On them is fire closed over.