Chapter 90, 20 verses
আমি শপথ করছি এই (মক্কা) নগরীর।
I do call to witness this City; -
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. I swear by this city (Makkah);
Nay! I swear by this city.
আর তোমাকে হালাল করে নেয়া হয়েছে এই নগরীতে।
And thou art a freeman of 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).
And you shall be made free from obligation in this city - -
শপথ ওয়ালিদ (জনক) - এর এবং যা সে জন্ম দিয়েছে।
And (the mystic ties of) parent and child; -
And by the begetter (i.e. Adam عليه السلام) and that which he begot (i.e. his progeny).
And the begetter and whom he begot.
আমরা সৃষ্টি করেছি ইনসানকে কষ্ট ও শ্রমের মধ্যে।
Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.
Verily, We have created man in toil.
Certainly We have created man to be in distress.
সে কি ধরে নিয়েছে, তার উপর কেউ জয়ী হবেনা?
Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?
Does he think that none can overcome him?
Does he think that no one has power over him?
সে (সদম্ভে) বলে : আমি প্রচুর অর্থ সম্পদ হালাক করেছি (উড়িয়েছি)।
He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance!
He says (boastfully): "I have wasted wealth in abundance!"
He shall say: I have wasted much wealth.
সে কি ধরে নিয়েছে, কেউ তাকে দেখছেনা?
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?
Does he think that none sees him?
Does he think that no one sees him?
আমরা কি তার জন্যে সৃষ্টি করিনি একজোড়া চক্ষু?
Have We not made for him a pair of eyes? -
Have We not made for him two eyes,
Have We not given him two eyes,
একটি জিহবা আর দুটি ঠোঁট?
And a tongue, and a pair of lips? -
And a tongue and two lips?
And a tongue and two lips,
আর তাকে দেখাইনি (ভালো আর মন্দ) দুটি পথ?
And shown him the two highways?
And shown him the two ways (good and evil)?
And pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways?
কিন্তু সে কষ্টসাধ্য গিরিপথে অগ্রসর হতে উদ্যোগ নেয়নি।
But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep.
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 would not attempt the uphill road,
তুমি কিভাবে জানবে, সেই কষ্টসাধ্য গিরিপথ কী?
And what will explain to thee the path that is steep? -
And what will make you know the path that is steep?
And what will make you comprehend what the uphill road is?
(তাহলো) গলা (দাস) মুক্ত করা,
(It is:) freeing the bondman;
(It is) freeing a neck (slave)
(It is) the setting free of a slave,
কিংবা দুর্ভিক্ষ বা অনাহারের দিনে আহার দান করা
Or the giving of food in a day of privation
Or giving food in a day of hunger (famine),
Or the giving of food in a day of hunger
এতিম আত্মীয়কে,
To the orphan with claims of relationship,
To an orphan near of kin.
To an orphan, having relationship,
কিংবা ধুলো মলিন (অভাব পীড়িত) মিসকিনকে,
Or to the indigent (down) in the dust.
Or to a Miskin (poor) cleaving to dust (out of misery).
Or to the poor man lying in the dust.
আর সেই সাথে সেইসব লোকদের অন্তরভুক্ত হওয়া, যারা ঈমান আনে এবং পরস্পরকে উপদেশ দেয় সবর করার আর রহমদিল হবার।
Then will he be of those who believe, and enjoin patience, (constancy, and self - restraint), and enjoin deeds of kindness and 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.
Then he is of those who believe and charge one another to show patience, and charge one another to show compassion.
এরাই ডান পাশের লোক।
Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.
They are those on the Right Hand (i.e. the dwellers of Paradise),
These are the people of the right hand.
আর যারা কুফুরি করে আমার আয়াতের প্রতি, তারাই বাম হাতের লোক।
But those who reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) Companions of the Left Hand.
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).
And (as for) those who disbelieve in our communications, they are the people of the left hand.
তারা থাকবে উপরে ঢাকনা এঁটে দেয়া আগুনের মধ্যে।
On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round).
The Fire will be shut over them (i.e. they will be enveloped by the Fire without any opening or window or outlet.
On them is fire closed over.