Chapter 90, 20 verses
I swear by this city, Makkah -
I do call to witness this City; -
আমি শপথ করছি এই (মক্কা) নগরীর।
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. 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; -
আর তোমাকে হালাল করে নেয়া হয়েছে এই নগরীতে।
And thou art an indweller of this city -
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
And (the mystic ties of) parent and child; -
শপথ ওয়ালিদ (জনক) - এর এবং যা সে জন্ম দিয়েছে।
And the begetter and that which he begat,
We have certainly created man into hardship.
Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.
আমরা সৃষ্টি করেছি ইনসানকে কষ্ট ও শ্রমের মধ্যে।
We verily have created man in an atmosphere:
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?
সে কি ধরে নিয়েছে, তার উপর কেউ জয়ী হবেনা?
Thinketh he that none hath power over him ?
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance!
সে (সদম্ভে) বলে : আমি প্রচুর অর্থ সম্পদ হালাক করেছি (উড়িয়েছি)।
And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth:
Does he think that no one has seen him?
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?
সে কি ধরে নিয়েছে, কেউ তাকে দেখছেনা?
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him ?
Have We not made for him two eyes?
Have We not made for him a pair of eyes? -
আমরা কি তার জন্যে সৃষ্টি করিনি একজোড়া চক্ষু?
Did We not assign unto him two eyes
And a tongue and two lips?
And a tongue, and a pair of lips? -
একটি জিহবা আর দুটি ঠোঁট?
And a tongue and two lips,
And have shown him the two ways?
And shown him the two highways?
আর তাকে দেখাইনি (ভালো আর মন্দ) দুটি পথ?
And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways ?
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep.
কিন্তু সে কষ্টসাধ্য গিরিপথে অগ্রসর হতে উদ্যোগ নেয়নি।
But he hath not attempted the Ascent -
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
And what will explain to thee the path that is steep? -
তুমি কিভাবে জানবে, সেই কষ্টসাধ্য গিরিপথ কী?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is! -
It is the freeing of a slave
(It is:) freeing the bondman;
(তাহলো) গলা (দাস) মুক্ত করা,
(It is) to free a slave,
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
Or the giving of food in a day of privation
কিংবা দুর্ভিক্ষ বা অনাহারের দিনে আহার দান করা
And to feed in the day of hunger.
An orphan of near relationship
To the orphan with claims of relationship,
এতিম আত্মীয়কে,
An orphan near of kin,
Or a needy person in misery
Or to the indigent (down) in the dust.
কিংবা ধুলো মলিন (অভাব পীড়িত) মিসকিনকে,
Or some poor wretch in misery,
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.
আর সেই সাথে সেইসব লোকদের অন্তরভুক্ত হওয়া, যারা ঈমান আনে এবং পরস্পরকে উপদেশ দেয় সবর করার আর রহমদিল হবার।
And to be of those who believe and exhort one another to perseverance and exhort one another to pity.
Those are the companions of the right.
Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.
এরাই ডান পাশের লোক।
Their place will be on 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.
আর যারা কুফুরি করে আমার আয়াতের প্রতি, তারাই বাম হাতের লোক।
But those who disbelieve Our revelations, their place will be on the left hand.
Over them will be fire closed in.
On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round).
তারা থাকবে উপরে ঢাকনা এঁটে দেয়া আগুনের মধ্যে।
Fire will be an awning over them.