Chapter 90, 20 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. I swear by this city (Makkah);
আল্লাহর নামে শুরু করছি, পরম করুণাময় পরম দয়ালু; শপথ এই নগরের,
I swear by this city, Makkah -
And you are free (from sin, and to punish the enemies of Islam on the Day of the conquest) in this city (Makkah).
আর তুমি এই নগরের অধিবাসী,
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -
And by the begetter (i.e. Adam عليه السلام) and that which he begot (i.e. his progeny).
এবং জনক ও যা তিনি জন্ম দিয়েছেন তার,
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
Verily, We have created man in toil.
নিশ্চয়ই আমরা মানুষকে সৃষ্টি করেছি কষ্টের মধ্যে,
We have certainly created man into hardship.
Does he think that none can overcome him?
সে কি মনে করে যে তার ওপর কেউই ক্ষমতাবান নয়?
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
He says (boastfully): "I have wasted wealth in abundance!"
সে বলে, “আমি প্রচুর সম্পদ ব্যয় করেছি,”
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
Does he think that none sees him?
সে কি মনে করে যে তাকে কেউ দেখেনি?
Does he think that no one has seen him?
Have We not made for him two eyes,
আমরা কি তাকে দুটো চোখ দেইনি
Have We not made for him two eyes?
And a tongue and two lips?
এবং একটি জিহ্বা ও দুটো ঠোঁট,
And a tongue and two lips?
And shown him the two ways (good and evil)?
এবং আমরা তাকে দুটো পথ দেখিয়েছি
ভালো ও মন্দ দুটি পথ
And have shown him the two ways?
But he has not attempted to pass on the path that is steep (i.e. the path which will lead to goodness and success).
কিন্তু সে কঠিন গিরিপথ অতিক্রম করেনি,
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
And what will make you know the path that is steep?
আর তুমি কী জানো, সেই কঠিন গিরিপথ কী?
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
(It is) freeing a neck (slave)
একটি দাস মুক্ত করা,
It is the freeing of a slave
Or giving food in a day of hunger (famine),
অথবা দুর্ভিক্ষের দিনে খাদ্য দান করা,
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
To an orphan near of kin.
ইয়াতীম আত্মীয়কে,
An orphan of near relationship
Or to a Miskin (poor) cleaving to dust (out of misery).
অথবা এক অভাবগ্রস্তকে, যে মাটিতে লুটিয়ে আছে,
Or a needy person in misery
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.
অতঃপর সে তাদের অন্তর্ভুক্ত, যারা বিশ্বাস করেছে এবং একে অপরকে ধৈর্যের উপদেশ দেয় এবং একে অপরকে দয়ার উপদেশ দেয়,
And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.
They are those on the Right Hand (i.e. the dwellers of Paradise),
তারাই ডান দিকের অধিকারী,
Those are the companions of the right.
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).
আর যারা আমাদের নিদর্শনসমূহ অবিশ্বাস করে, তারা বাম দিকের অধিকারী,
But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.
The Fire will be shut over them (i.e. they will be enveloped by the Fire without any opening or window or outlet.
তাদের ওপর আগুন ঘিরে থাকবে।
Over them will be fire closed in.