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; -
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -
وأنت حل بهذا البلد
And thou art a freeman of this City; -
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
ووالد وما ولد
And (the mystic ties of) parent and child; -
We have certainly created man into hardship.
لقد خلقنا الإنسان في كبد
Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
أيحسب أن لن يقدر عليه أحد
Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
يقول أهلكت مالا لبدا
He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance!
Does he think that no one has seen him?
أيحسب أن لم يره أحد
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?
Have We not made for him two eyes?
ألم نجعل له عينين
Have We not made for him a pair of eyes? -
And a tongue and two lips?
ولسانا وشفتين
And a tongue, and a pair of lips? -
And have shown him the two ways?
وهديناه النجدين
And shown him the two highways?
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
فلا اقتحم العقبة
But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep.
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? -
It is the freeing of a slave
فك رقبة
(It is:) freeing the bondman;
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
أو إطعام في يوم ذي مسغبة
Or the giving of food in a day of privation
An orphan of near relationship
يتيما ذا مقربة
To the orphan with claims of relationship,
Or a needy person in misery
أو مسكينا ذا متربة
Or to the indigent (down) 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 will he be of those who believe, and enjoin patience, (constancy, and self - restraint), and enjoin deeds of kindness and compassion.
Those are the companions of the right.
أولئك أصحاب الميمنة
Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.
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.
Over them will be fire closed in.
عليهم نار مؤصدة
On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round).