Chapter 90, 20 verses
La oqsimu bihatha albaladi
I swear by this city, Makkah -
Nay! I swear by this city.
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. I swear by this city (Makkah);
Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -
And you shall be made free from obligation in this city - -
And you are free (from sin, and to punish the enemies of Islam on the Day of the conquest) in this city (Makkah).
Wawalidin wama walada
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
And the begetter and whom he begot.
And by the begetter (i.e. Adam عليه السلام) and that which he begot (i.e. his progeny).
Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin
We have certainly created man into hardship.
Certainly We have created man to be in distress.
Verily, We have created man in toil.
Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
Does he think that no one has power over him?
Does he think that none can overcome him?
Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
He shall say: I have wasted much wealth.
He says (boastfully): "I have wasted wealth in abundance!"
Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun
Does he think that no one has seen him?
Does he think that no one sees him?
Does he think that none sees him?
Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni
Have We not made for him two eyes?
Have We not given him two eyes,
Have We not made for him two eyes,
Walisanan washafatayni
And a tongue and two lips?
And a tongue and two lips,
And a tongue and two lips?
Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni
And have shown him the two ways?
And pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways?
And shown him the two ways (good and evil)?
Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
But he would not attempt the uphill road,
But he has not attempted to pass on the path that is steep (i.e. the path which will lead to goodness and success).
Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
And what will make you comprehend what the uphill road is?
And what will make you know the path that is steep?
Fakku raqabatin
It is the freeing of a slave
(It is) the setting free of a slave,
(It is) freeing a neck (slave)
Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
Or the giving of food in a day of hunger
Or giving food in a day of hunger (famine),
Yateeman tha maqrabatin
An orphan of near relationship
To an orphan, having relationship,
To an orphan near of kin.
Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin
Or a needy person in misery
Or to the poor man lying in the dust.
Or to a Miskin (poor) cleaving to dust (out of 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.
Then he is of those who believe and charge one another to show patience, and charge one another to show compassion.
Then he became one of those who believed (in the Islamic Monotheism) and recommended one another to perseverance and patience, and (also) recommended one another to pity and compassion.
Olaika ashabu almaymanati
Those are the companions of the right.
These are the people of the right hand.
They are those on the Right Hand (i.e. the dwellers of Paradise),
Waallatheena kafaroo biayatina hum ashabu almashamati
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.
But those who disbelieved in Our Ayat (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.), they are those on the Left Hand (the dwellers of Hell).
AAalayhim narun musadatun
Over them will be fire closed in.
On them is fire closed over.
The Fire will be shut over them (i.e. they will be enveloped by the Fire without any opening or window or outlet.