Chapter 90, 20 verses
I do call to witness this City; -
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بهذا البلد
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Nay, I swear by this city -
لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
And thou art a freeman of this City; -
وأنت حل بهذا البلد
And thou art an indweller of this city -
وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
And (the mystic ties of) parent and child; -
ووالد وما ولد
And the begetter and that which he begat,
وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ
Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.
لقد خلقنا الإنسان في كبد
We verily have created man in an atmosphere:
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ
Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?
أيحسب أن لن يقدر عليه أحد
Thinketh he that none hath power over him ?
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ
He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance!
يقول أهلكت مالا لبدا
And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth:
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?
أيحسب أن لم يره أحد
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him ?
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
Have We not made for him a pair of eyes? -
ألم نجعل له عينين
Did We not assign unto him two eyes
أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ
And a tongue, and a pair of lips? -
ولسانا وشفتين
And a tongue and two lips,
وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ
And shown him the two highways?
وهديناه النجدين
And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways ?
وَهَدَيْنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ
But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep.
فلا اقتحم العقبة
But he hath not attempted the Ascent -
فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ
And what will explain to thee the path that is steep? -
وما أدراك ما العقبة
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is! -
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ
(It is:) freeing the bondman;
فك رقبة
(It is) to free a slave,
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
Or the giving of food in a day of privation
أو إطعام في يوم ذي مسغبة
And to feed in the day of hunger.
أَوْ إِطْعَٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ
To the orphan with claims of relationship,
يتيما ذا مقربة
An orphan near of kin,
يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ
Or to the indigent (down) in the dust.
أو مسكينا ذا متربة
Or some poor wretch in misery,
أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ
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
And to be of those who believe and exhort one another to perseverance and exhort one another to pity.
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ
Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.
أولئك أصحاب الميمنة
Their place will be on the right hand.
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ
But those who reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) Companions of the Left Hand.
والذين كفروا بآياتنا هم أصحاب المشأمة
But those who disbelieve Our revelations, their place will be on the left hand.
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ
On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round).
عليهم نار مؤصدة
Fire will be an awning over them.
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ