Chapter 90, 20 verses
I swear by this city, Makkah -
আমি কসম করছি এই নগরীর।
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 -
আর তুমি এই নগরীতে মুক্ত।
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],
কসম জনকের এবং যা সে জন্ম দেয়।
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.
নিঃসন্দেহে আমি মানুষকে সৃষ্টি করেছি কষ্ট- ক্লেশের মধ্যে।
Verily, We have created man in toil.
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
সে কি ধারণা করছে যে, কেউ কখনো তার উপর ক্ষমতাবান হবে না?
Does he think that none can overcome him?
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
সে বলে, ‘আমি প্রচুর ধন-সম্পদ নিঃশেষ করেছি’।
He says (boastfully): "I have wasted wealth in abundance!"
Does he think that no one has seen him?
সে কি ধারণা করছে যে, কেউ তাকে দেখেনি?
Does he think that none sees him?
Have We not made for him two eyes?
আমি কি তার জন্য দু’টি চোখ বানাইনি?
Have We not made for him two eyes,
And a tongue and two lips?
আর একটি জিহবা ও দু’টি ঠোঁট?
And a tongue and two lips?
And have shown him the two ways?
আর আমি তাকে দু’টি পথ প্রদর্শন করেছি।
And shown him the two ways (good and evil)?
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
তবে সে বন্ধুর গিরিপথটি অতিক্রম করতে সচেষ্ট হয়নি।
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?
আর কিসে তোমাকে জানাবে, বন্ধুর গিরিপথটি কী?
And what will make you know the path that is steep?
It is the freeing of a slave
তা হচ্ছে, দাস মুক্তকরণ।
(It is) freeing a neck (slave)
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
অথবা খাদ্য দান করা দুর্ভিক্ষের দিনে।
Or giving food in a day of hunger (famine),
An orphan of near relationship
এক এতিমকে, যে নিকট আত্মীয়,
To an orphan near of kin.
Or a needy person in misery
অথবা ধূলি-মলিন মিসকীনকে।
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.
অতঃপর সে তাদের অন্তর্ভুক্ত হয়ে যায়, যারা ঈমান এনেছে এবং পরস্পরকে উপদেশ দেয় ধৈর্যধারণের, আর পরস্পরকে উপদেশ দেয় দয়া-অনুগ্রহের।
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.
তারাই সৌভাগ্যবান।
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.
আর যারা আমার আয়াতসমূহকে অস্বীকার করেছে তারাই দুর্ভাগা।
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.
তাদের উপর থাকবে অবরুদ্ধ আগুন।
The Fire will be shut over them (i.e. they will be enveloped by the Fire without any opening or window or outlet.