Chapter 90, 20 verses
I swear by this city, Makkah -
Nay! I swear by this city.
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ لَا أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -
And you shall be made free from obligation in this city - -
وَأَنتَ حِلٌّ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
And the begetter and whom he begot.
وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ
We have certainly created man into hardship.
Certainly We have created man to be in distress.
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ فِي كَبَدٍ
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
Does he think that no one has power over him?
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
He shall say: I have wasted much wealth.
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا
Does he think that no one has seen him?
Does he think that no one sees him?
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُ أَحَدٌ
Have We not made for him two eyes?
Have We not given him two eyes,
أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُ عَيْنَيْنِ
And a tongue and two lips?
And a tongue and two lips,
وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ
And have shown him the two ways?
And pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways?
وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِ
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
But he would not attempt the uphill road,
فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
And what will make you comprehend what the uphill road is?
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ
It is the freeing of a slave
(It is) the setting free of a slave,
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
Or the giving of food in a day of hunger
أَوْ إِطْعَامٌ فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي مَسْغَبَةٍ
An orphan of near relationship
To an orphan, having relationship,
يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ
Or a needy person in misery
Or to the poor man lying in the dust.
أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ
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.
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْمَرْحَمَةِ
Those are the companions of the right.
These are the people of the right hand.
أُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ
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.
وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ
Over them will be fire closed in.
On them is fire closed over.
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌ