Chapter 90, 20 verses
I swear by this city, Makkah -
Nay! I swear by this city.
La oqsimu bihatha albaladi
I do call to witness this City; -
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -
And you shall be made free from obligation in this city - -
Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi
And thou art a freeman of this City; -
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
And the begetter and whom he begot.
Wawalidin wama walada
And (the mystic ties of) parent and child; -
We have certainly created man into hardship.
Certainly We have created man to be in distress.
Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin
Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
Does he think that no one has power over him?
Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun
Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
He shall say: I have wasted much wealth.
Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan
He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance!
Does he think that no one has seen him?
Does he think that no one sees him?
Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?
Have We not made for him two eyes?
Have We not given him two eyes,
Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni
Have We not made for him a pair of eyes? -
And a tongue and two lips?
And a tongue and two lips,
Walisanan washafatayni
And a tongue, and a pair of lips? -
And have shown him the two ways?
And pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways?
Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni
And shown him the two highways?
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
But he would not attempt the uphill road,
Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata
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?
And what will make you comprehend what the uphill road is?
Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu
And what will explain to thee the path that is steep? -
It is the freeing of a slave
(It is) the setting free of a slave,
Fakku raqabatin
(It is:) freeing the bondman;
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
Or the giving of food in a day of hunger
Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin
Or the giving of food in a day of privation
An orphan of near relationship
To an orphan, having relationship,
Yateeman tha maqrabatin
To the orphan with claims of relationship,
Or a needy person in misery
Or to the poor man lying in the dust.
Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin
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.
Then he is of those who believe and charge one another to show patience, and charge one another to show compassion.
Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati
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.
These are the people of the right hand.
Olaika ashabu almaymanati
Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.
But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.
And (as for) those who disbelieve in our communications, they are the people of the left hand.
Waallatheena kafaroo biayatina hum ashabu almashamati
But those who reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) Companions of the Left Hand.
Over them will be fire closed in.
On them is fire closed over.
AAalayhim narun musadatun
On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round).