Chapter 90, 20 verses
I swear by this city, Makkah -
La oqsimu bihatha albaladi
Nay! I swear by this city.
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
And you shall be made free from obligation in this city - -
And thou art an indweller of this city -
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
Wawalidin wama walada
And the begetter and whom he begot.
And the begetter and that which he begat,
We have certainly created man into hardship.
Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin
Certainly We have created man to be in distress.
We verily have created man in an atmosphere:
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun
Does he think that no one has power over him?
Thinketh he that none hath power over him ?
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan
He shall say: I have wasted much wealth.
And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth:
Does he think that no one has seen him?
Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun
Does he think that no one sees him?
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him ?
Have We not made for him two eyes?
Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni
Have We not given him two eyes,
Did We not assign unto him two eyes
And a tongue and two lips?
Walisanan washafatayni
And a tongue and two lips,
And a tongue and two lips,
And have shown him the two ways?
Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni
And pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways?
And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways ?
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata
But he would not attempt the uphill road,
But he hath not attempted the Ascent -
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu
And what will make you comprehend what the uphill road is?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is! -
It is the freeing of a slave
Fakku raqabatin
(It is) the setting free of a slave,
(It is) to free a slave,
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin
Or the giving of food in a day of hunger
And to feed in the day of hunger.
An orphan of near relationship
Yateeman tha maqrabatin
To an orphan, having relationship,
An orphan near of kin,
Or a needy person in misery
Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin
Or to the poor man lying in the dust.
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
Then he is of those who believe and charge one another to show patience, and charge one another to show compassion.
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
These are the people of the right hand.
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
And (as for) those who disbelieve in our communications, they are the people of the left hand.
But those who disbelieve Our revelations, their place will be on the left hand.
Over them will be fire closed in.
AAalayhim narun musadatun
On them is fire closed over.
Fire will be an awning over them.