Chapter 90, 20 verses
La oqsimu bihatha albaladi
I do call to witness this City; -
I swear by this city, Makkah -
لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi
And thou art a freeman of this City; -
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -
وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
Wawalidin wama walada
And (the mystic ties of) parent and child; -
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ
Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin
Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.
We have certainly created man into hardship.
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ
Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun
Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ
Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan
He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance!
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا
Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?
Does he think that no one has seen him?
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni
Have We not made for him a pair of eyes? -
Have We not made for him two eyes?
أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ
Walisanan washafatayni
And a tongue, and a pair of lips? -
And a tongue and two lips?
وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ
Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni
And shown him the two highways?
And have shown him the two ways?
وَهَدَيْنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ
Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata
But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep.
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ
Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu
And what will explain to thee the path that is steep? -
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ
Fakku raqabatin
(It is:) freeing the bondman;
It is the freeing of a slave
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin
Or the giving of food in a day of privation
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
أَوْ إِطْعَٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ
Yateeman tha maqrabatin
To the orphan with claims of relationship,
An orphan of near relationship
يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ
Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin
Or to the indigent (down) in the dust.
Or a needy person in misery
أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ
Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati
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.
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ
Olaika ashabu almaymanati
Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.
Those are the companions of the right.
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ
Waallatheena kafaroo biayatina hum ashabu almashamati
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.
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ
AAalayhim narun musadatun
On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round).
Over them will be fire closed in.
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ