Chapter 90, 20 verses
I swear by this city, Makkah -
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Nay, I swear by this city -
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بهذا البلد
لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -
And thou art an indweller of this city -
وأنت حل بهذا البلد
وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
And the begetter and that which he begat,
ووالد وما ولد
وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ
We have certainly created man into hardship.
We verily have created man in an atmosphere:
لقد خلقنا الإنسان في كبد
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
Thinketh he that none hath power over him ?
أيحسب أن لن يقدر عليه أحد
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth:
يقول أهلكت مالا لبدا
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا
Does he think that no one has seen him?
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him ?
أيحسب أن لم يره أحد
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
Have We not made for him two eyes?
Did We not assign unto him two eyes
ألم نجعل له عينين
أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ
And a tongue and two lips?
And a tongue and two lips,
ولسانا وشفتين
وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ
And have shown him the two ways?
And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways ?
وهديناه النجدين
وَهَدَيْنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
But he hath not attempted the Ascent -
فلا اقتحم العقبة
فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is! -
وما أدراك ما العقبة
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ
It is the freeing of a slave
(It is) to free a slave,
فك رقبة
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
And to feed in the day of hunger.
أو إطعام في يوم ذي مسغبة
أَوْ إِطْعَٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ
An orphan of near relationship
An orphan near of kin,
يتيما ذا مقربة
يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ
Or a needy person in misery
Or some poor wretch in misery,
أو مسكينا ذا متربة
أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ
And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.
And to be of those who believe and exhort one another to perseverance and exhort one another to pity.
ثم كان من الذين آمنوا وتواصوا بالصبر وتواصوا بالمرحمة
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ
Those are the companions of the right.
Their place will be on the right hand.
أولئك أصحاب الميمنة
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ
But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.
But those who disbelieve Our revelations, their place will be on the left hand.
والذين كفروا بآياتنا هم أصحاب المشأمة
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ
Over them will be fire closed in.
Fire will be an awning over them.
عليهم نار مؤصدة
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ