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
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 by the begetter (i.e. Adam عليه السلام) and that which he begot (i.e. his progeny).
Wawalidin wama walada
ووالد وما ولد
Verily, We have created man in toil.
Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin
لقد خلقنا الإنسان في كبد
Does he think that none can overcome him?
Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun
أيحسب أن لن يقدر عليه أحد
He says (boastfully): "I have wasted wealth in abundance!"
Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan
يقول أهلكت مالا لبدا
Does he think that none sees him?
Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun
أيحسب أن لم يره أحد
Have We not made for him two eyes,
Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni
ألم نجعل له عينين
And a tongue and two lips?
Walisanan washafatayni
ولسانا وشفتين
And shown him the two ways (good and evil)?
Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni
وهديناه النجدين
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
And what will make you know the path that is steep?
Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu
وما أدراك ما العقبة
(It is) freeing a neck (slave)
Fakku raqabatin
فك رقبة
Or giving food in a day of hunger (famine),
Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin
أو إطعام في يوم ذي مسغبة
To an orphan near of kin.
Yateeman tha maqrabatin
يتيما ذا مقربة
Or to a Miskin (poor) cleaving to dust (out of misery).
Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin
أو مسكينا ذا متربة
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
They are those on the Right Hand (i.e. the dwellers of Paradise),
Olaika ashabu almaymanati
أولئك أصحاب الميمنة
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
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