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
I do call to witness this City; -
لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
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
And thou art a freeman of this City; -
وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
And by the begetter (i.e. Adam عليه السلام) and that which he begot (i.e. his progeny).
Wawalidin wama walada
And (the mystic ties of) parent and child; -
وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ
Verily, We have created man in toil.
Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin
Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ
Does he think that none can overcome him?
Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun
Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ
He says (boastfully): "I have wasted wealth in abundance!"
Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan
He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance!
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا
Does he think that none sees him?
Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
Have We not made for him two eyes,
Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni
Have We not made for him a pair of eyes? -
أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ
And a tongue and two lips?
Walisanan washafatayni
And a tongue, and a pair of lips? -
وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ
And shown him the two ways (good and evil)?
Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni
And shown him the two highways?
وَهَدَيْنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ
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
But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep.
فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ
And what will make you know the path that is steep?
Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu
And what will explain to thee the path that is steep? -
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ
(It is) freeing a neck (slave)
Fakku raqabatin
(It is:) freeing the bondman;
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
Or giving food in a day of hunger (famine),
Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin
Or the giving of food in a day of privation
أَوْ إِطْعَٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ
To an orphan near of kin.
Yateeman tha maqrabatin
To the orphan with claims of relationship,
يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ
Or to a Miskin (poor) cleaving to dust (out of misery).
Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin
Or to the indigent (down) in the dust.
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.
Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati
Then will he be of those who believe, and enjoin patience, (constancy, and self - restraint), and enjoin deeds of kindness and compassion.
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ
They are those on the Right Hand (i.e. the dwellers of Paradise),
Olaika ashabu almaymanati
Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ
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
But those who reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) Companions of the Left Hand.
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ
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
On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round).
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ