Chapter 90, 20 verses
I swear by this city, Makkah -
আমি এই নগরীর শপথ করি
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 -
এবং এই নগরীতে আপনার উপর কোন প্রতিবন্ধকতা নেই।
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],
শপথ জনকের ও যা 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.
নিশ্চয় আমি মানুষকে শ্রমনির্ভররূপে সৃষ্টি করেছি।
Verily, We have created man in toil.
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
সে কি মনে করে যে, তার উপর কেউ ক্ষমতাবান হবে না ?
Does he think that none can overcome him?
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
সে বলেঃ আমি প্রচুর ধন - সম্পদ ব্যয় করেছি।
He says (boastfully): "I have wasted wealth in abundance!"
Does he think that no one has seen him?
সে কি মনে করে যে, তাকে কেউ দেখেনি?
Does he think that none sees him?
Have We not made for him two eyes?
আমি কি তাকে দেইনি চক্ষুদ্বয়,
Have We not made for him two eyes,
And a tongue and two lips?
জিহবা ও ওষ্ঠদ্বয় ?
And a tongue and two lips?
And have shown him the two ways?
বস্তুতঃ 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.
অতঃপর সে ধর্মের ঘাঁটিতে প্রবেশ করেনি।
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?
আপনি জানেন, সে ঘাঁটি কি?
And what will make you know the path that is steep?
It is the freeing of a slave
তা হচ্ছে দাসমুক্তি
(It is) freeing a neck (slave)
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
অথবা দুর্ভিক্ষের দিনে অন্নদান।
Or giving food in a day of hunger (famine),
An orphan of near relationship
এতীম আত্বীয়কে
To an orphan near of kin.
Or a needy person in misery
অথবা ধুলি - ধুসরিত 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 তাদের অন্তর্ভুক্ত হওয়া, যারা ঈমান আনে এবং পরস্পরকে উপদেশ দেয় সবরের ও উপদেশ দেয় দয়ার।
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 সৌভাগ্যশালী।
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 আয়াতসমূহ অস্বীকার করে তারাই হতভাগা।
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.
তারা অগ্নিপরিবেষ্টিত অবস্থায় বন্দী থাকবে।
The Fire will be shut over them (i.e. they will be enveloped by the Fire without any opening or window or outlet.