Chapter 90, 20 verses
I do call to witness this City; -
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بهذا البلد
La oqsimu bihatha albaladi
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Nay, I swear by this city -
And thou art a freeman of this City; -
وأنت حل بهذا البلد
Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi
And thou art an indweller of this city -
And (the mystic ties of) parent and child; -
ووالد وما ولد
Wawalidin wama walada
And the begetter and that which he begat,
Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.
لقد خلقنا الإنسان في كبد
Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin
We verily have created man in an atmosphere:
Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?
أيحسب أن لن يقدر عليه أحد
Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun
Thinketh he that none hath power over him ?
He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance!
يقول أهلكت مالا لبدا
Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan
And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth:
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?
أيحسب أن لم يره أحد
Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him ?
Have We not made for him a pair of eyes? -
ألم نجعل له عينين
Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni
Did We not assign unto him two eyes
And a tongue, and a pair of lips? -
ولسانا وشفتين
Walisanan washafatayni
And a tongue and two lips,
And shown him the two highways?
وهديناه النجدين
Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni
And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways ?
But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep.
فلا اقتحم العقبة
Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata
But he hath not attempted the Ascent -
And what will explain to thee the path that is steep? -
وما أدراك ما العقبة
Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is! -
(It is:) freeing the bondman;
فك رقبة
Fakku raqabatin
(It is) to free a slave,
Or the giving of food in a day of privation
أو إطعام في يوم ذي مسغبة
Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin
And to feed in the day of hunger.
To the orphan with claims of relationship,
يتيما ذا مقربة
Yateeman tha maqrabatin
An orphan near of kin,
Or to the indigent (down) in the dust.
أو مسكينا ذا متربة
Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin
Or some poor wretch in misery,
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
Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati
And to be of those who believe and exhort one another to perseverance and exhort one another to pity.
Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.
أولئك أصحاب الميمنة
Olaika ashabu almaymanati
Their place will be on the right hand.
But those who reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) Companions of the Left Hand.
والذين كفروا بآياتنا هم أصحاب المشأمة
Waallatheena kafaroo biayatina hum ashabu almashamati
But those who disbelieve Our revelations, their place will be on the left hand.
On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round).
عليهم نار مؤصدة
AAalayhim narun musadatun
Fire will be an awning over them.