Chapter 90, 20 verses
I swear by this city, Makkah -
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بهذا البلد
La oqsimu bihatha albaladi
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -
وأنت حل بهذا البلد
Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
ووالد وما ولد
Wawalidin wama walada
We have certainly created man into hardship.
لقد خلقنا الإنسان في كبد
Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
أيحسب أن لن يقدر عليه أحد
Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
يقول أهلكت مالا لبدا
Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan
Does he think that no one has seen him?
أيحسب أن لم يره أحد
Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun
Have We not made for him two eyes?
ألم نجعل له عينين
Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni
And a tongue and two lips?
ولسانا وشفتين
Walisanan washafatayni
And have shown him the two ways?
وهديناه النجدين
Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
فلا اقتحم العقبة
Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
وما أدراك ما العقبة
Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu
It is the freeing of a slave
فك رقبة
Fakku raqabatin
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
أو إطعام في يوم ذي مسغبة
Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin
An orphan of near relationship
يتيما ذا مقربة
Yateeman tha maqrabatin
Or a needy person in misery
أو مسكينا ذا متربة
Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin
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
Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati
Those are the companions of the right.
أولئك أصحاب الميمنة
Olaika ashabu almaymanati
But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.
والذين كفروا بآياتنا هم أصحاب المشأمة
Waallatheena kafaroo biayatina hum ashabu almashamati
Over them will be fire closed in.
عليهم نار مؤصدة
AAalayhim narun musadatun