Chapter 90, 20 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. I swear by this city (Makkah);
La oqsimu bihatha albaladi
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).
Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi
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).
Wawalidin wama walada
ووالد وما ولد
And (the mystic ties of) parent and child; -
Verily, We have created man in toil.
Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin
لقد خلقنا الإنسان في كبد
Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.
Does he think that none can overcome him?
Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun
أيحسب أن لن يقدر عليه أحد
Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?
He says (boastfully): "I have wasted wealth in abundance!"
Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan
يقول أهلكت مالا لبدا
He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance!
Does he think that none sees him?
Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun
أيحسب أن لم يره أحد
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?
Have We not made for him two eyes,
Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni
ألم نجعل له عينين
Have We not made for him a pair of eyes? -
And a tongue and two lips?
Walisanan washafatayni
ولسانا وشفتين
And a tongue, and a pair of lips? -
And shown him the two ways (good and evil)?
Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni
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).
Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata
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?
Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu
وما أدراك ما العقبة
And what will explain to thee the path that is steep? -
(It is) freeing a neck (slave)
Fakku raqabatin
فك رقبة
(It is:) freeing the bondman;
Or giving food in a day of hunger (famine),
Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin
أو إطعام في يوم ذي مسغبة
Or the giving of food in a day of privation
To an orphan near of kin.
Yateeman tha maqrabatin
يتيما ذا مقربة
To the orphan with claims of relationship,
Or to a Miskin (poor) cleaving to dust (out of misery).
Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin
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.
Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati
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),
Olaika ashabu almaymanati
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).
Waallatheena kafaroo biayatina hum ashabu almashamati
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.
AAalayhim narun musadatun
عليهم نار مؤصدة
On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round).