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