Chapter 90, 20 verses
I swear by this city, Makkah -
La oqsimu bihatha albaladi
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. I swear by this city (Makkah);
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -
Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi
And you are free (from sin, and to punish the enemies of Islam on the Day of the conquest) in this city (Makkah).
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
Wawalidin wama walada
And by the begetter (i.e. Adam عليه السلام) and that which he begot (i.e. his progeny).
We have certainly created man into hardship.
Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin
Verily, We have created man in toil.
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun
Does he think that none can overcome him?
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan
He says (boastfully): "I have wasted wealth in abundance!"
Does he think that no one has seen him?
Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun
Does he think that none sees him?
Have We not made for him two eyes?
Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni
Have We not made for him two eyes,
And a tongue and two lips?
Walisanan washafatayni
And a tongue and two lips?
And have shown him the two ways?
Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni
And shown him the two ways (good and evil)?
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata
But he has not attempted to pass on the path that is steep (i.e. the path which will lead to goodness and success).
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu
And what will make you know the path that is steep?
It is the freeing of a slave
Fakku raqabatin
(It is) freeing a neck (slave)
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin
Or giving food in a day of hunger (famine),
An orphan of near relationship
Yateeman tha maqrabatin
To an orphan near of kin.
Or a needy person in misery
Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin
Or to a Miskin (poor) cleaving to dust (out of 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 became one of those who believed (in the Islamic Monotheism) and recommended one another to perseverance and patience, and (also) recommended one another to pity and compassion.
Those are the companions of the right.
Olaika ashabu almaymanati
They are those on the Right Hand (i.e. the dwellers of Paradise),
But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.
Waallatheena kafaroo biayatina hum ashabu almashamati
But those who disbelieved in Our Ayat (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.), they are those on the Left Hand (the dwellers of Hell).
Over them will be fire closed in.
AAalayhim narun musadatun
The Fire will be shut over them (i.e. they will be enveloped by the Fire without any opening or window or outlet.