Chapter 90, 20 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. I swear by this city (Makkah);
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Nay, I swear by this city -
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).
And thou art an indweller of this city -
وَأَنتَ حِلٌّ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ
And by the begetter (i.e. Adam عليه السلام) and that which he begot (i.e. his progeny).
And the begetter and that which he begat,
وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ
Verily, We have created man in toil.
We verily have created man in an atmosphere:
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ فِي كَبَدٍ
Does he think that none can overcome him?
Thinketh he that none hath power over him ?
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ
He says (boastfully): "I have wasted wealth in abundance!"
And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth:
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا
Does he think that none sees him?
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him ?
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُ أَحَدٌ
Have We not made for him two eyes,
Did We not assign unto him two eyes
أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُ عَيْنَيْنِ
And a tongue and two lips?
And a tongue and two lips,
وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ
And shown him the two ways (good and evil)?
And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways ?
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).
But he hath not attempted the Ascent -
فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ
And what will make you know the path that is steep?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is! -
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ
(It is) freeing a neck (slave)
(It is) to free a slave,
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
Or giving food in a day of hunger (famine),
And to feed in the day of hunger.
أَوْ إِطْعَامٌ فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي مَسْغَبَةٍ
To an orphan near of kin.
An orphan near of kin,
يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ
Or to a Miskin (poor) cleaving to dust (out of misery).
Or some poor wretch in misery,
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.
And to be of those who believe and exhort one another to perseverance and exhort one another to pity.
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْمَرْحَمَةِ
They are those on the Right Hand (i.e. the dwellers of Paradise),
Their place will be on the right hand.
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).
But those who disbelieve Our revelations, their place will be on the left hand.
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.
Fire will be an awning over them.
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌ