Chapter 90, 20 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. I swear by this city (Makkah);
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بهذا البلد
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ لَا أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ
And you are free (from sin, and to punish the enemies of Islam on the Day of the conquest) in this city (Makkah).
وأنت حل بهذا البلد
وَأَنتَ حِلٌّ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ
And by the begetter (i.e. Adam عليه السلام) and that which he begot (i.e. his progeny).
ووالد وما ولد
وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ
Verily, We have created man in toil.
لقد خلقنا الإنسان في كبد
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ فِي كَبَدٍ
Does he think that none can overcome him?
أيحسب أن لن يقدر عليه أحد
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ
He says (boastfully): "I have wasted wealth in abundance!"
يقول أهلكت مالا لبدا
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا
Does he think that none sees him?
أيحسب أن لم يره أحد
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُ أَحَدٌ
Have We not made for him two eyes,
ألم نجعل له عينين
أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُ عَيْنَيْنِ
And a tongue and two lips?
ولسانا وشفتين
وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ
And shown him the two ways (good and evil)?
وهديناه النجدين
وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِ
But he has not attempted to pass on the path that is steep (i.e. the path which will lead to goodness and success).
فلا اقتحم العقبة
فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ
And what will make you know the path that is steep?
وما أدراك ما العقبة
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ
(It is) freeing a neck (slave)
فك رقبة
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
Or giving food in a day of hunger (famine),
أو إطعام في يوم ذي مسغبة
أَوْ إِطْعَامٌ فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي مَسْغَبَةٍ
To an orphan near of kin.
يتيما ذا مقربة
يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ
Or to a Miskin (poor) cleaving to dust (out of misery).
أو مسكينا ذا متربة
أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ
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.
ثم كان من الذين آمنوا وتواصوا بالصبر وتواصوا بالمرحمة
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْمَرْحَمَةِ
They are those on the Right Hand (i.e. the dwellers of Paradise),
أولئك أصحاب الميمنة
أُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ
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).
والذين كفروا بآياتنا هم أصحاب المشأمة
وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ
The Fire will be shut over them (i.e. they will be enveloped by the Fire without any opening or window or outlet.
عليهم نار مؤصدة
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌ