Chapter 90, 20 verses
La oqsimu bihatha albaladi
I swear by this city, Makkah -
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بهذا البلد
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Nay, I swear by this city -
Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -
وأنت حل بهذا البلد
And thou art an indweller of this city -
Wawalidin wama walada
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
ووالد وما ولد
And the begetter and that which he begat,
Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin
We have certainly created man into hardship.
لقد خلقنا الإنسان في كبد
We verily have created man in an atmosphere:
Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
أيحسب أن لن يقدر عليه أحد
Thinketh he that none hath power over him ?
Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
يقول أهلكت مالا لبدا
And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth:
Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun
Does he think that no one has seen him?
أيحسب أن لم يره أحد
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him ?
Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni
Have We not made for him two eyes?
ألم نجعل له عينين
Did We not assign unto him two eyes
Walisanan washafatayni
And a tongue and two lips?
ولسانا وشفتين
And a tongue and two lips,
Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni
And have shown him the two ways?
وهديناه النجدين
And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways ?
Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
فلا اقتحم العقبة
But he hath not attempted the Ascent -
Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
وما أدراك ما العقبة
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is! -
Fakku raqabatin
It is the freeing of a slave
فك رقبة
(It is) to free a slave,
Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
أو إطعام في يوم ذي مسغبة
And to feed in the day of hunger.
Yateeman tha maqrabatin
An orphan of near relationship
يتيما ذا مقربة
An orphan near of kin,
Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin
Or a needy person in misery
أو مسكينا ذا متربة
Or some poor wretch in misery,
Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati
And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.
ثم كان من الذين آمنوا وتواصوا بالصبر وتواصوا بالمرحمة
And to be of those who believe and exhort one another to perseverance and exhort one another to pity.
Olaika ashabu almaymanati
Those are the companions of the right.
أولئك أصحاب الميمنة
Their place will be on the right hand.
Waallatheena kafaroo biayatina hum ashabu almashamati
But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.
والذين كفروا بآياتنا هم أصحاب المشأمة
But those who disbelieve Our revelations, their place will be on the left hand.
AAalayhim narun musadatun
Over them will be fire closed in.
عليهم نار مؤصدة
Fire will be an awning over them.