Chapter 90, 20 verses
আল্লাহর নামে শুরু করছি, পরম করুণাময় পরম দয়ালু; শপথ এই নগরের,
I swear by this city, Makkah -
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. I swear by this city (Makkah);
আর তুমি এই নগরের অধিবাসী,
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).
এবং জনক ও যা তিনি জন্ম দিয়েছেন তার,
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).
নিশ্চয়ই আমরা মানুষকে সৃষ্টি করেছি কষ্টের মধ্যে,
We have certainly created man into hardship.
Verily, We have created man in toil.
সে কি মনে করে যে তার ওপর কেউই ক্ষমতাবান নয়?
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
Does he think that none can overcome him?
সে বলে, “আমি প্রচুর সম্পদ ব্যয় করেছি,”
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
He says (boastfully): "I have wasted wealth in abundance!"
সে কি মনে করে যে তাকে কেউ দেখেনি?
Does he think that no one has seen him?
Does he think that none sees him?
আমরা কি তাকে দুটো চোখ দেইনি
Have We not made for him two eyes?
Have We not made for him two eyes,
এবং একটি জিহ্বা ও দুটো ঠোঁট,
And a tongue and two lips?
And a tongue and two lips?
এবং আমরা তাকে দুটো পথ দেখিয়েছি
ভালো ও মন্দ দুটি পথ
And have shown him the two ways?
And shown him the two ways (good and evil)?
কিন্তু সে কঠিন গিরিপথ অতিক্রম করেনি,
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).
আর তুমি কী জানো, সেই কঠিন গিরিপথ কী?
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
And what will make you know the path that is steep?
একটি দাস মুক্ত করা,
It is the freeing of a slave
(It is) freeing a neck (slave)
অথবা দুর্ভিক্ষের দিনে খাদ্য দান করা,
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
Or giving food in a day of hunger (famine),
ইয়াতীম আত্মীয়কে,
An orphan of near relationship
To an orphan near of kin.
অথবা এক অভাবগ্রস্তকে, যে মাটিতে লুটিয়ে আছে,
Or a needy person in misery
Or to a Miskin (poor) cleaving to dust (out of misery).
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.
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.
তারাই ডান দিকের অধিকারী,
Those are the companions of the right.
They are those on the Right Hand (i.e. the dwellers of Paradise),
আর যারা আমাদের নিদর্শনসমূহ অবিশ্বাস করে, তারা বাম দিকের অধিকারী,
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).
তাদের ওপর আগুন ঘিরে থাকবে।
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.