Chapter 90, 20 verses
I swear by this city, Makkah -
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بهذا البلد
I do call to witness this City; -
La oqsimu bihatha albaladi
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -
وأنت حل بهذا البلد
And thou art a freeman of this City; -
Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
ووالد وما ولد
And (the mystic ties of) parent and child; -
Wawalidin wama walada
We have certainly created man into hardship.
لقد خلقنا الإنسان في كبد
Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.
Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
أيحسب أن لن يقدر عليه أحد
Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?
Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
يقول أهلكت مالا لبدا
He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance!
Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan
Does he think that no one has seen him?
أيحسب أن لم يره أحد
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?
Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun
Have We not made for him two eyes?
ألم نجعل له عينين
Have We not made for him a pair of eyes? -
Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni
And a tongue and two lips?
ولسانا وشفتين
And a tongue, and a pair of lips? -
Walisanan washafatayni
And have shown him the two ways?
وهديناه النجدين
And shown him the two highways?
Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
فلا اقتحم العقبة
But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep.
Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
وما أدراك ما العقبة
And what will explain to thee the path that is steep? -
Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu
It is the freeing of a slave
فك رقبة
(It is:) freeing the bondman;
Fakku raqabatin
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
أو إطعام في يوم ذي مسغبة
Or the giving of food in a day of privation
Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin
An orphan of near relationship
يتيما ذا مقربة
To the orphan with claims of relationship,
Yateeman tha maqrabatin
Or a needy person in misery
أو مسكينا ذا متربة
Or to the indigent (down) in the dust.
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
Then will he be of those who believe, and enjoin patience, (constancy, and self - restraint), and enjoin deeds of kindness and compassion.
Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati
Those are the companions of the right.
أولئك أصحاب الميمنة
Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.
Olaika ashabu almaymanati
But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.
والذين كفروا بآياتنا هم أصحاب المشأمة
But those who reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) Companions of the Left Hand.
Waallatheena kafaroo biayatina hum ashabu almashamati
Over them will be fire closed in.
عليهم نار مؤصدة
On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round).
AAalayhim narun musadatun