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 -
La oqsimu bihatha albaladi
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بهذا البلد
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -
And thou art an indweller of this city -
Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi
وأنت حل بهذا البلد
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
And the begetter and that which he begat,
Wawalidin wama walada
ووالد وما ولد
We have certainly created man into hardship.
We verily have created man in an atmosphere:
Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin
لقد خلقنا الإنسان في كبد
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
Thinketh he that none hath power over him ?
Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun
أيحسب أن لن يقدر عليه أحد
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth:
Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan
يقول أهلكت مالا لبدا
Does he think that no one has seen him?
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him ?
Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun
أيحسب أن لم يره أحد
Have We not made for him two eyes?
Did We not assign unto him two eyes
Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni
ألم نجعل له عينين
And a tongue and two lips?
And a tongue and two lips,
Walisanan washafatayni
ولسانا وشفتين
And have shown him the two ways?
And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways ?
Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni
وهديناه النجدين
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
But he hath not attempted the Ascent -
Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata
فلا اقتحم العقبة
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is! -
Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu
وما أدراك ما العقبة
It is the freeing of a slave
(It is) to free a slave,
Fakku raqabatin
فك رقبة
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
And to feed in the day of hunger.
Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin
أو إطعام في يوم ذي مسغبة
An orphan of near relationship
An orphan near of kin,
Yateeman tha maqrabatin
يتيما ذا مقربة
Or a needy person in misery
Or some poor wretch in misery,
Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin
أو مسكينا ذا متربة
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.
Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati
ثم كان من الذين آمنوا وتواصوا بالصبر وتواصوا بالمرحمة
Those are the companions of the right.
Their place will be on the right hand.
Olaika ashabu almaymanati
أولئك أصحاب الميمنة
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.
Waallatheena kafaroo biayatina hum ashabu almashamati
والذين كفروا بآياتنا هم أصحاب المشأمة
Over them will be fire closed in.
Fire will be an awning over them.
AAalayhim narun musadatun
عليهم نار مؤصدة