Chapter 90, 20 verses
I swear by this city, Makkah -
I do call to witness this City; -
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بهذا البلد
لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -
And thou art a freeman of this City; -
وأنت حل بهذا البلد
وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
And (the mystic ties of) parent and child; -
ووالد وما ولد
وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ
We have certainly created man into hardship.
Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.
لقد خلقنا الإنسان في كبد
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?
أيحسب أن لن يقدر عليه أحد
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance!
يقول أهلكت مالا لبدا
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا
Does he think that no one has seen him?
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?
أيحسب أن لم يره أحد
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
Have We not made for him two eyes?
Have We not made for him a pair of eyes? -
ألم نجعل له عينين
أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ
And a tongue and two lips?
And a tongue, and a pair of lips? -
ولسانا وشفتين
وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ
And have shown him the two ways?
And shown him the two highways?
وهديناه النجدين
وَهَدَيْنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep.
فلا اقتحم العقبة
فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
And what will explain to thee the path that is steep? -
وما أدراك ما العقبة
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ
It is the freeing of a slave
(It is:) freeing the bondman;
فك رقبة
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
Or the giving of food in a day of privation
أو إطعام في يوم ذي مسغبة
أَوْ إِطْعَٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ
An orphan of near relationship
To the orphan with claims of relationship,
يتيما ذا مقربة
يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ
Or a needy person in misery
Or to the indigent (down) in the dust.
أو مسكينا ذا متربة
أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ
And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.
Then will he be of those who believe, and enjoin patience, (constancy, and self - restraint), and enjoin deeds of kindness and compassion.
ثم كان من الذين آمنوا وتواصوا بالصبر وتواصوا بالمرحمة
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ
Those are the companions of the right.
Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.
أولئك أصحاب الميمنة
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ
But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.
But those who reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) Companions of the Left Hand.
والذين كفروا بآياتنا هم أصحاب المشأمة
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ
Over them will be fire closed in.
On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round).
عليهم نار مؤصدة
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ