Chapter 90, 20 verses
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ لَا أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ
I swear by this city, Makkah -
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. I swear by this city (Makkah);
وَأَنتَ حِلٌّ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in 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).
وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
And by the begetter (i.e. Adam عليه السلام) and that which he begot (i.e. his progeny).
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ فِي كَبَدٍ
We have certainly created man into hardship.
Verily, We have created man in toil.
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
Does he think that none can overcome him?
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
He says (boastfully): "I have wasted wealth in abundance!"
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُ أَحَدٌ
Does he think that no one has seen him?
Does he think that none sees him?
أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُ عَيْنَيْنِ
Have We not made for him two eyes?
Have We not made for him two eyes,
وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ
And a tongue and two lips?
And a tongue and two lips?
وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِ
And have shown him the two ways?
And shown him the two ways (good and evil)?
فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
But he has not attempted to pass on the path that is steep (i.e. the path which will lead to goodness and success).
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
And what will make you know the path that is steep?
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
It is the freeing of a slave
(It is) freeing a neck (slave)
أَوْ إِطْعَامٌ فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي مَسْغَبَةٍ
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
Or giving food in a day of hunger (famine),
يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ
An orphan of near relationship
To an orphan near of kin.
أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ
Or a needy person in misery
Or to a Miskin (poor) cleaving to dust (out of misery).
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْمَرْحَمَةِ
And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.
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.
أُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ
Those are the companions of the right.
They are those on the Right Hand (i.e. the dwellers of Paradise),
وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ
But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.
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).
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌ
Over them will be fire closed in.
The Fire will be shut over them (i.e. they will be enveloped by the Fire without any opening or window or outlet.