Chapter 90, 20 verses
I swear by this city, Makkah -
La oqsimu bihatha albaladi
I do call to witness this City; -
لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -
Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi
And thou art a freeman of this City; -
وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
Wawalidin wama walada
And (the mystic ties of) parent and child; -
وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ
We have certainly created man into hardship.
Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin
Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun
Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan
He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance!
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا
Does he think that no one has seen him?
Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
Have We not made for him two eyes?
Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni
Have We not made for him a pair of eyes? -
أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ
And a tongue and two lips?
Walisanan washafatayni
And a tongue, and a pair of lips? -
وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ
And have shown him the two ways?
Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni
And shown him the two highways?
وَهَدَيْنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata
But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep.
فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu
And what will explain to thee the path that is steep? -
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ
It is the freeing of a slave
Fakku raqabatin
(It is:) freeing the bondman;
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin
Or the giving of food in a day of privation
أَوْ إِطْعَٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ
An orphan of near relationship
Yateeman tha maqrabatin
To the orphan with claims of relationship,
يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ
Or a needy person in misery
Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin
Or to the indigent (down) in the dust.
أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ
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 will he be of those who believe, and enjoin patience, (constancy, and self - restraint), and enjoin deeds of kindness and compassion.
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ
Those are the companions of the right.
Olaika ashabu almaymanati
Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ
But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.
Waallatheena kafaroo biayatina hum ashabu almashamati
But those who reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) Companions of the Left Hand.
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ
Over them will be fire closed in.
AAalayhim narun musadatun
On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round).
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ