Chapter 90, 20 verses
I swear by this city, Makkah -
La oqsimu bihatha albaladi
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بهذا البلد
I do call to witness this City; -
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -
Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi
وأنت حل بهذا البلد
And thou art a freeman of this City; -
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
Wawalidin wama walada
ووالد وما ولد
And (the mystic ties of) parent and child; -
We have certainly created man into hardship.
Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin
لقد خلقنا الإنسان في كبد
Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.
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
He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance!
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
Have We not made for him a pair of eyes? -
And a tongue and two lips?
Walisanan washafatayni
ولسانا وشفتين
And a tongue, and a pair of lips? -
And have shown him the two ways?
Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni
وهديناه النجدين
And shown him the two highways?
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata
فلا اقتحم العقبة
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?
Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu
وما أدراك ما العقبة
And what will explain to thee the path that is steep? -
It is the freeing of a slave
Fakku raqabatin
فك رقبة
(It is:) freeing the bondman;
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 privation
An orphan of near relationship
Yateeman tha maqrabatin
يتيما ذا مقربة
To the orphan with claims of relationship,
Or a needy person in misery
Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin
أو مسكينا ذا متربة
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.
Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati
ثم كان من الذين آمنوا وتواصوا بالصبر وتواصوا بالمرحمة
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.
Olaika ashabu almaymanati
أولئك أصحاب الميمنة
Such are the Companions 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
But those who reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) Companions of the Left Hand.
Over them will be fire closed in.
AAalayhim narun musadatun
عليهم نار مؤصدة
On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round).