Chapter 90, 20 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. I swear by this city (Makkah);
I swear by this city, Makkah -
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).
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -
وأنت حل بهذا البلد
And by the begetter (i.e. Adam عليه السلام) and that which he begot (i.e. his progeny).
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
ووالد وما ولد
Verily, We have created man in toil.
We have certainly created man into hardship.
لقد خلقنا الإنسان في كبد
Does he think that none can overcome him?
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
أيحسب أن لن يقدر عليه أحد
He says (boastfully): "I have wasted wealth in abundance!"
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
يقول أهلكت مالا لبدا
Does he think that none sees him?
Does he think that no one has seen him?
أيحسب أن لم يره أحد
Have We not made for him two eyes,
Have We not made for him two eyes?
ألم نجعل له عينين
And a tongue and two lips?
And a tongue and two lips?
ولسانا وشفتين
And shown him the two ways (good and evil)?
And have shown him the two ways?
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).
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
فلا اقتحم العقبة
And what will make you know the path that is steep?
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
وما أدراك ما العقبة
(It is) freeing a neck (slave)
It is the freeing of a slave
فك رقبة
Or giving food in a day of hunger (famine),
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
أو إطعام في يوم ذي مسغبة
To an orphan near of kin.
An orphan of near relationship
يتيما ذا مقربة
Or to a Miskin (poor) cleaving to dust (out of misery).
Or a needy person in misery
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.
And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.
ثم كان من الذين آمنوا وتواصوا بالصبر وتواصوا بالمرحمة
They are those on the Right Hand (i.e. the dwellers of Paradise),
Those are the companions of the right.
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).
But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.
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.
Over them will be fire closed in.
عليهم نار مؤصدة