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 -
I do call to witness this City; -
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -
Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi
And thou art an indweller of this city -
And thou art a freeman of this City; -
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
Wawalidin wama walada
And the begetter and that which he begat,
And (the mystic ties of) parent and child; -
We have certainly created man into hardship.
Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin
We verily have created man in an atmosphere:
Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun
Thinketh he that none hath power over him ?
Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan
And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth:
He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance!
Does he think that no one has seen him?
Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him ?
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?
Have We not made for him two eyes?
Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni
Did We not assign unto him two eyes
Have We not made for him a pair of eyes? -
And a tongue and two lips?
Walisanan washafatayni
And a tongue and two lips,
And a tongue, and a pair of lips? -
And have shown him the two ways?
Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni
And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways ?
And shown him the two highways?
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata
But he hath not attempted the Ascent -
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
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is! -
And what will explain to thee the path that is steep? -
It is the freeing of a slave
Fakku raqabatin
(It is) to free a slave,
(It is:) freeing the bondman;
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin
And to feed in the day of hunger.
Or the giving of food in a day of privation
An orphan of near relationship
Yateeman tha maqrabatin
An orphan near of kin,
To the orphan with claims of relationship,
Or a needy person in misery
Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin
Or some poor wretch in misery,
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
And to be of those who believe and exhort one another to perseverance and exhort one another to pity.
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
Their place will be on the right hand.
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
But those who disbelieve Our revelations, their place will be on the left hand.
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
Fire will be an awning over them.
On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round).