Chapter 90, 20 verses
I swear by this city, Makkah -
La oqsimu bihatha albaladi
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بهذا البلد
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 you shall be made free from obligation in this city - -
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
Wawalidin wama walada
ووالد وما ولد
And the begetter and whom he begot.
We have certainly created man into hardship.
Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin
لقد خلقنا الإنسان في كبد
Certainly We have created man to be in distress.
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun
أيحسب أن لن يقدر عليه أحد
Does he think that no one has power over him?
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan
يقول أهلكت مالا لبدا
He shall say: I have wasted much wealth.
Does he think that no one has seen him?
Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun
أيحسب أن لم يره أحد
Does he think that no one sees him?
Have We not made for him two eyes?
Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni
ألم نجعل له عينين
Have We not given 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 pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways?
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata
فلا اقتحم العقبة
But he would not attempt the uphill road,
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu
وما أدراك ما العقبة
And what will make you comprehend what the uphill road is?
It is the freeing of a slave
Fakku raqabatin
فك رقبة
(It is) the setting free of a slave,
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin
أو إطعام في يوم ذي مسغبة
Or the giving of food in a day of hunger
An orphan of near relationship
Yateeman tha maqrabatin
يتيما ذا مقربة
To an orphan, having relationship,
Or a needy person in misery
Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin
أو مسكينا ذا متربة
Or to the poor man lying in the dust.
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
Then he is of those who believe and charge one another to show patience, and charge one another to show compassion.
Those are the companions of the right.
Olaika ashabu almaymanati
أولئك أصحاب الميمنة
These are the people of 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
And (as for) those who disbelieve in our communications, they are the people of the left hand.
Over them will be fire closed in.
AAalayhim narun musadatun
عليهم نار مؤصدة
On them is fire closed over.