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1 La oqsimu bihatha albaladi

1 I swear by this city, Makkah -

1 In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. I swear by this city (Makkah);

2 Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi

2 And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -

2 And you are free (from sin, and to punish the enemies of Islam on the Day of the conquest) in this city (Makkah).

3 Wawalidin wama walada

3 And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],

3 And by the begetter (i.e. Adam عليه السلام) and that which he begot (i.e. his progeny).

4 Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin

4 We have certainly created man into hardship.

4 Verily, We have created man in toil.

5 Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun

5 Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?

5 Does he think that none can overcome him?

6 Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan

6 He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."

6 He says (boastfully): "I have wasted wealth in abundance!"

7 Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun

7 Does he think that no one has seen him?

7 Does he think that none sees him?

8 Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni

8 Have We not made for him two eyes?

8 Have We not made for him two eyes,

9 Walisanan washafatayni

9 And a tongue and two lips?

9 And a tongue and two lips?

10 Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni

10 And have shown him the two ways?

10 And shown him the two ways (good and evil)?

11 Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata

11 But he has not broken through the difficult pass.

11 But he has not attempted to pass on the path that is steep (i.e. the path which will lead to goodness and success).

12 Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu

12 And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?

12 And what will make you know the path that is steep?

13 Fakku raqabatin

13 It is the freeing of a slave

13 (It is) freeing a neck (slave)

14 Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin

14 Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

14 Or giving food in a day of hunger (famine),

15 Yateeman tha maqrabatin

15 An orphan of near relationship

15 To an orphan near of kin.

16 Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin

16 Or a needy person in misery

16 Or to a Miskin (poor) cleaving to dust (out of misery).

17 Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati

17 And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.

17 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.

18 Olaika ashabu almaymanati

18 Those are the companions of the right.

18 They are those on the Right Hand (i.e. the dwellers of Paradise),

19 Waallatheena kafaroo biayatina hum ashabu almashamati

19 But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.

19 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).

20 AAalayhim narun musadatun

20 Over them will be fire closed in.

20 The Fire will be shut over them (i.e. they will be enveloped by the Fire without any opening or window or outlet.