Chapter 90, 20 verses
La oqsimu bihatha albaladi
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ لَا أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ
I do call to witness this City; -
I swear by this city, Makkah -
Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi
وَأَنتَ حِلٌّ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ
And thou art a freeman of this City; -
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -
Wawalidin wama walada
وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ
And (the mystic ties of) parent and child; -
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ فِي كَبَدٍ
Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.
We have certainly created man into hardship.
Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ
Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا
He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance!
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُ أَحَدٌ
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?
Does he think that no one has seen him?
Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni
أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُ عَيْنَيْنِ
Have We not made for him a pair of eyes? -
Have We not made for him two eyes?
Walisanan washafatayni
وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ
And a tongue, and a pair of lips? -
And a tongue and two lips?
Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni
وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِ
And shown him the two highways?
And have shown him the two ways?
Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata
فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ
But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep.
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ
And what will explain to thee the path that is steep? -
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
Fakku raqabatin
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
(It is:) freeing the bondman;
It is the freeing of a slave
Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin
أَوْ إِطْعَامٌ فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي مَسْغَبَةٍ
Or the giving of food in a day of privation
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
Yateeman tha maqrabatin
يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ
To the orphan with claims of relationship,
An orphan of near relationship
Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin
أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ
Or to the indigent (down) in the dust.
Or a needy person in misery
Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْمَرْحَمَةِ
Then will he be of those who believe, and enjoin patience, (constancy, and self - restraint), and enjoin deeds of kindness and compassion.
And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.
Olaika ashabu almaymanati
أُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ
Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.
Those are the companions of the right.
Waallatheena kafaroo biayatina hum ashabu almashamati
وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ
But those who reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) Companions of the Left Hand.
But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.
AAalayhim narun musadatun
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌ
On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round).
Over them will be fire closed in.