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 do call to witness 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).
وأنت حل بهذا البلد
And thou art a freeman of this City; -
And by the begetter (i.e. Adam عليه السلام) and that which he begot (i.e. his progeny).
ووالد وما ولد
And (the mystic ties of) parent and child; -
Verily, We have created man in toil.
لقد خلقنا الإنسان في كبد
Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.
Does he think that none can overcome him?
أيحسب أن لن يقدر عليه أحد
Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?
He says (boastfully): "I have wasted wealth in abundance!"
يقول أهلكت مالا لبدا
He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance!
Does he think that none sees him?
أيحسب أن لم يره أحد
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?
Have We not made for him two eyes,
ألم نجعل له عينين
Have We not made for him a pair of eyes? -
And a tongue and two lips?
ولسانا وشفتين
And a tongue, and a pair of lips? -
And shown him the two ways (good and evil)?
وهديناه النجدين
And shown him the two highways?
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 hath made no haste on the path that is steep.
And what will make you know the path that is steep?
وما أدراك ما العقبة
And what will explain to thee the path that is steep? -
(It is) freeing a neck (slave)
فك رقبة
(It is:) freeing the bondman;
Or giving food in a day of hunger (famine),
أو إطعام في يوم ذي مسغبة
Or the giving of food in a day of privation
To an orphan near of kin.
يتيما ذا مقربة
To the orphan with claims of relationship,
Or to a Miskin (poor) cleaving to dust (out of misery).
أو مسكينا ذا متربة
Or to the indigent (down) in the dust.
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
Then will he be of those who believe, and enjoin patience, (constancy, and self - restraint), and enjoin deeds of kindness and compassion.
They are those on the Right Hand (i.e. the dwellers of Paradise),
أولئك أصحاب الميمنة
Such are the Companions of the Right 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).
والذين كفروا بآياتنا هم أصحاب المشأمة
But those who reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) Companions of the Left Hand.
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
On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round).