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