Chapter 90, 20 verses
I swear by this city, Makkah -
আল্লাহর নামে শুরু করছি, পরম করুণাময় পরম দয়ালু; শপথ এই নগরের,
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 নগরের অধিবাসী,
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],
এবং জনক ও যা তিনি জন্ম দিয়েছেন তার,
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.
নিশ্চয়ই আমরা মানুষকে সৃষ্টি করেছি কষ্টের মধ্যে,
Verily, We have created man in toil.
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
সে কি মনে করে যে তার ওপর কেউই ক্ষমতাবান নয়?
Does he think that none can overcome him?
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
সে বলে, “আমি প্রচুর 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?
আমরা কি তাকে দুটো চোখ দেইনি
Have We not made for him two eyes,
And a tongue and two lips?
এবং একটি জিহ্বা ও দুটো ঠোঁট,
And a tongue and two lips?
And have shown him the two ways?
এবং আমরা তাকে দুটো পথ দেখিয়েছি
ভালো ও মন্দ দুটি পথ
And shown him the two ways (good and evil)?
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
কিন্তু সে কঠিন গিরিপথ অতিক্রম 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?
আর তুমি কী জানো, সেই কঠিন গিরিপথ কী?
And what will make you know the path that is steep?
It is the freeing of a slave
একটি দাস মুক্ত করা,
(It is) freeing a neck (slave)
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
অথবা দুর্ভিক্ষের দিনে খাদ্য দান করা,
Or giving food in a day of hunger (famine),
An orphan of near relationship
ইয়াতীম আত্মীয়কে,
To an orphan near of kin.
Or a needy person in misery
অথবা এক অভাবগ্রস্তকে, যে মাটিতে লুটিয়ে আছে,
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, যারা বিশ্বাস করেছে এবং একে অপরকে ধৈর্যের উপদেশ দেয় এবং একে অপরকে দয়ার উপদেশ দেয়,
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 ডান দিকের অধিকারী,
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 আমাদের নিদর্শনসমূহ অবিশ্বাস করে, তারা বাম দিকের অধিকারী,
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 ওপর আগুন ঘিরে থাকবে।
The Fire will be shut over them (i.e. they will be enveloped by the Fire without any opening or window or outlet.