Chapter 90, 20 verses
I swear by this city, Makkah -
La oqsimu bihatha albaladi
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بهذا البلد
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Nay, I swear by this city -
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -
Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi
وأنت حل بهذا البلد
And thou art an indweller of this city -
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
Wawalidin wama walada
ووالد وما ولد
And the begetter and that which he begat,
We have certainly created man into hardship.
Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin
لقد خلقنا الإنسان في كبد
We verily have created man in an atmosphere:
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun
أيحسب أن لن يقدر عليه أحد
Thinketh he that none hath power over him ?
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan
يقول أهلكت مالا لبدا
And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth:
Does he think that no one has seen him?
Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun
أيحسب أن لم يره أحد
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him ?
Have We not made for him two eyes?
Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni
ألم نجعل له عينين
Did We not assign unto him two eyes
And a tongue and two lips?
Walisanan washafatayni
ولسانا وشفتين
And a tongue and two lips,
And have shown him the two ways?
Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni
وهديناه النجدين
And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways ?
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata
فلا اقتحم العقبة
But he hath not attempted the Ascent -
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu
وما أدراك ما العقبة
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is! -
It is the freeing of a slave
Fakku raqabatin
فك رقبة
(It is) to free a slave,
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin
أو إطعام في يوم ذي مسغبة
And to feed in the day of hunger.
An orphan of near relationship
Yateeman tha maqrabatin
يتيما ذا مقربة
An orphan near of kin,
Or a needy person in misery
Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin
أو مسكينا ذا متربة
Or some poor wretch in misery,
And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.
Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati
ثم كان من الذين آمنوا وتواصوا بالصبر وتواصوا بالمرحمة
And to be of those who believe and exhort one another to perseverance and exhort one another to pity.
Those are the companions of the right.
Olaika ashabu almaymanati
أولئك أصحاب الميمنة
Their place will be on the right hand.
But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.
Waallatheena kafaroo biayatina hum ashabu almashamati
والذين كفروا بآياتنا هم أصحاب المشأمة
But those who disbelieve Our revelations, their place will be on the left hand.
Over them will be fire closed in.
AAalayhim narun musadatun
عليهم نار مؤصدة
Fire will be an awning over them.