Chapter 90, 20 verses
I swear by this city, Makkah -
I do call to witness this City; -
La oqsimu bihatha albaladi
Nay! I swear by this city.
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -
And thou art a freeman of this City; -
Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi
And you shall be made free from obligation in this city - -
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
And (the mystic ties of) parent and child; -
Wawalidin wama walada
And the begetter and whom he begot.
We have certainly created man into hardship.
Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.
Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin
Certainly We have created man to be in distress.
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?
Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun
Does he think that no one has power over him?
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance!
Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan
He shall say: I have wasted much wealth.
Does he think that no one has seen him?
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?
Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun
Does he think that no one sees him?
Have We not made for him two eyes?
Have We not made for him a pair of eyes? -
Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni
Have We not given him two eyes,
And a tongue and two lips?
And a tongue, and a pair of lips? -
Walisanan washafatayni
And a tongue and two lips,
And have shown him the two ways?
And shown him the two highways?
Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni
And pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways?
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep.
Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata
But he would not attempt the uphill road,
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
And what will explain to thee the path that is steep? -
Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu
And what will make you comprehend what the uphill road is?
It is the freeing of a slave
(It is:) freeing the bondman;
Fakku raqabatin
(It is) the setting free of a slave,
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
Or the giving of food in a day of privation
Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin
Or the giving of food in a day of hunger
An orphan of near relationship
To the orphan with claims of relationship,
Yateeman tha maqrabatin
To an orphan, having relationship,
Or a needy person in misery
Or to the indigent (down) in the dust.
Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin
Or to the poor man lying in the dust.
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.
Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati
Then he is of those who believe and charge one another to show patience, and charge one another to show compassion.
Those are the companions of the right.
Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.
Olaika ashabu almaymanati
These are the people of the right hand.
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.
Waallatheena kafaroo biayatina hum ashabu almashamati
And (as for) those who disbelieve in our communications, they are the people of the left hand.
Over them will be fire closed in.
On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round).
AAalayhim narun musadatun
On them is fire closed over.