Chapter 90, 20 verses
I do call to witness this City; -
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بهذا البلد
Nay! I swear by this city.
And thou art a freeman of this City; -
وأنت حل بهذا البلد
And you shall be made free from obligation in this city - -
And (the mystic ties of) parent and child; -
ووالد وما ولد
And the begetter and whom he begot.
Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.
لقد خلقنا الإنسان في كبد
Certainly We have created man to be in distress.
Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?
أيحسب أن لن يقدر عليه أحد
Does he think that no one has power over him?
He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance!
يقول أهلكت مالا لبدا
He shall say: I have wasted much wealth.
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?
أيحسب أن لم يره أحد
Does he think that no one sees him?
Have We not made for him a pair of eyes? -
ألم نجعل له عينين
Have We not given him two eyes,
And a tongue, and a pair of lips? -
ولسانا وشفتين
And a tongue and two lips,
And shown him the two highways?
وهديناه النجدين
And pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways?
But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep.
فلا اقتحم العقبة
But he would not attempt the uphill road,
And what will explain to thee the path that is steep? -
وما أدراك ما العقبة
And what will make you comprehend what the uphill road is?
(It is:) freeing the bondman;
فك رقبة
(It is) the setting free of a slave,
Or the giving of food in a day of privation
أو إطعام في يوم ذي مسغبة
Or the giving of food in a day of hunger
To the orphan with claims of relationship,
يتيما ذا مقربة
To an orphan, having relationship,
Or to the indigent (down) in the dust.
أو مسكينا ذا متربة
Or to the poor man lying in the dust.
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
Then he is of those who believe and charge one another to show patience, and charge one another to show compassion.
Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.
أولئك أصحاب الميمنة
These are the people of the right hand.
But those who reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) Companions of the Left Hand.
والذين كفروا بآياتنا هم أصحاب المشأمة
And (as for) those who disbelieve in our communications, they are the people of the left hand.
On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round).
عليهم نار مؤصدة
On them is fire closed over.