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
I swear by this city, Makkah -
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
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -
And by the begetter (i.e. Adam عليه السلام) and that which he begot (i.e. his progeny).
ووالد وما ولد
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
Verily, We have created man in toil.
لقد خلقنا الإنسان في كبد
We have certainly created man into hardship.
Does he think that none can overcome him?
أيحسب أن لن يقدر عليه أحد
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
He says (boastfully): "I have wasted wealth in abundance!"
يقول أهلكت مالا لبدا
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
Does he think that none sees him?
أيحسب أن لم يره أحد
Does he think that no one has seen him?
Have We not made for him two eyes,
ألم نجعل له عينين
Have We not made for him two eyes?
And a tongue and two lips?
ولسانا وشفتين
And a tongue and two lips?
And shown him the two ways (good and evil)?
وهديناه النجدين
And have shown him the two ways?
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
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
And what will make you know the path that is steep?
وما أدراك ما العقبة
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
(It is) freeing a neck (slave)
فك رقبة
It is the freeing of a slave
Or giving food in a day of hunger (famine),
أو إطعام في يوم ذي مسغبة
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
To an orphan near of kin.
يتيما ذا مقربة
An orphan of near relationship
Or to a Miskin (poor) cleaving to dust (out of misery).
أو مسكينا ذا متربة
Or a needy person in misery
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
And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.
They are those on the Right Hand (i.e. the dwellers of Paradise),
أولئك أصحاب الميمنة
Those are the companions of the right.
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
But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.
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
Over them will be fire closed in.