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 Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. I swear by this city (Makkah);
And thou art a freeman of this City; -
وأنت حل بهذا البلد
Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi
And you are free (from sin, and to punish the enemies of Islam on the Day of the conquest) in this city (Makkah).
And (the mystic ties of) parent and child; -
ووالد وما ولد
Wawalidin wama walada
And by the begetter (i.e. Adam عليه السلام) and that which he begot (i.e. his progeny).
Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.
لقد خلقنا الإنسان في كبد
Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin
Verily, We have created man in toil.
Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?
أيحسب أن لن يقدر عليه أحد
Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun
Does he think that none can overcome him?
He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance!
يقول أهلكت مالا لبدا
Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan
He says (boastfully): "I have wasted wealth in abundance!"
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?
أيحسب أن لم يره أحد
Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun
Does he think that none sees him?
Have We not made for him a pair of eyes? -
ألم نجعل له عينين
Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni
Have We not made for 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 shown him the two ways (good and evil)?
But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep.
فلا اقتحم العقبة
Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata
But he has not attempted to pass on the path that is steep (i.e. the path which will lead to goodness and success).
And what will explain to thee the path that is steep? -
وما أدراك ما العقبة
Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu
And what will make you know the path that is steep?
(It is:) freeing the bondman;
فك رقبة
Fakku raqabatin
(It is) freeing a neck (slave)
Or the giving of food in a day of privation
أو إطعام في يوم ذي مسغبة
Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin
Or giving food in a day of hunger (famine),
To the orphan with claims of relationship,
يتيما ذا مقربة
Yateeman tha maqrabatin
To an orphan near of kin.
Or to the indigent (down) in the dust.
أو مسكينا ذا متربة
Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin
Or to a Miskin (poor) cleaving to dust (out of 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
Then he became one of those who believed (in the Islamic Monotheism) and recommended one another to perseverance and patience, and (also) recommended one another to pity and compassion.
Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.
أولئك أصحاب الميمنة
Olaika ashabu almaymanati
They are those on the Right Hand (i.e. the dwellers of Paradise),
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 disbelieved in Our Ayat (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.), they are those on the Left Hand (the dwellers of Hell).
On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round).
عليهم نار مؤصدة
AAalayhim narun musadatun
The Fire will be shut over them (i.e. they will be enveloped by the Fire without any opening or window or outlet.