Chapter 90, 20 verses
I swear by this city, Makkah -
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بهذا البلد
Nay! I swear by this city.
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -
وأنت حل بهذا البلد
And you shall be made free from obligation in this city - -
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
ووالد وما ولد
And the begetter and whom he begot.
We have certainly created man into hardship.
لقد خلقنا الإنسان في كبد
Certainly We have created man to be in distress.
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
أيحسب أن لن يقدر عليه أحد
Does he think that no one has power over him?
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
يقول أهلكت مالا لبدا
He shall say: I have wasted much wealth.
Does he think that no one has seen him?
أيحسب أن لم يره أحد
Does he think that no one sees him?
Have We not made for him two eyes?
ألم نجعل له عينين
Have We not given him two eyes,
And a tongue and two lips?
ولسانا وشفتين
And a tongue and two lips,
And have shown him the two ways?
وهديناه النجدين
And pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways?
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
فلا اقتحم العقبة
But he would not attempt the uphill road,
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
وما أدراك ما العقبة
And what will make you comprehend what the uphill road is?
It is the freeing of a slave
فك رقبة
(It is) the setting free of a slave,
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
أو إطعام في يوم ذي مسغبة
Or the giving of food in a day of hunger
An orphan of near relationship
يتيما ذا مقربة
To an orphan, having relationship,
Or a needy person in misery
أو مسكينا ذا متربة
Or to the poor man lying in the dust.
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
Then he is of those who believe and charge one another to show patience, and charge one another to show compassion.
Those are the companions of the right.
أولئك أصحاب الميمنة
These are the people of the right hand.
But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.
والذين كفروا بآياتنا هم أصحاب المشأمة
And (as for) those who disbelieve in our communications, they are the people of the left hand.
Over them will be fire closed in.
عليهم نار مؤصدة
On them is fire closed over.