Chapter 90, 20 verses
I swear by this city, Makkah -
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ لَا أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ
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 -
وَأَنتَ حِلٌّ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ
And thou art an indweller of this city -
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ
And the begetter and that which he begat,
We have certainly created man into hardship.
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ فِي كَبَدٍ
We verily have created man in an atmosphere:
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ
Thinketh he that none hath power over him ?
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا
And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth:
Does he think that no one has seen him?
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُ أَحَدٌ
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him ?
Have We not made for him two eyes?
أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُ عَيْنَيْنِ
Did We not assign unto him two eyes
And a tongue and two lips?
وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ
And a tongue and two lips,
And have shown him the two ways?
وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِ
And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways ?
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ
But he hath not attempted the Ascent -
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is! -
It is the freeing of a slave
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
(It is) to free a slave,
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
أَوْ إِطْعَامٌ فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي مَسْغَبَةٍ
And to feed in the day of hunger.
An orphan of near relationship
يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ
An orphan near of kin,
Or a needy person in misery
أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ
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.
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْمَرْحَمَةِ
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.
أُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ
Their place will be on the right hand.
But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.
وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ
But those who disbelieve Our revelations, their place will be on the left hand.
Over them will be fire closed in.
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌ
Fire will be an awning over them.