Chapter 90, 20 verses
I do call to witness this City; -
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بهذا البلد
La oqsimu bihatha albaladi
And thou art a freeman of this City; -
وأنت حل بهذا البلد
Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi
And (the mystic ties of) parent and child; -
ووالد وما ولد
Wawalidin wama walada
Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.
لقد خلقنا الإنسان في كبد
Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin
Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?
أيحسب أن لن يقدر عليه أحد
Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun
He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance!
يقول أهلكت مالا لبدا
Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?
أيحسب أن لم يره أحد
Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun
Have We not made for him a pair of eyes? -
ألم نجعل له عينين
Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni
And a tongue, and a pair of lips? -
ولسانا وشفتين
Walisanan washafatayni
And shown him the two highways?
وهديناه النجدين
Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni
But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep.
فلا اقتحم العقبة
Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata
And what will explain to thee the path that is steep? -
وما أدراك ما العقبة
Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu
(It is:) freeing the bondman;
فك رقبة
Fakku raqabatin
Or the giving of food in a day of privation
أو إطعام في يوم ذي مسغبة
Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin
To the orphan with claims of relationship,
يتيما ذا مقربة
Yateeman tha maqrabatin
Or to the indigent (down) in the dust.
أو مسكينا ذا متربة
Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin
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
Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.
أولئك أصحاب الميمنة
Olaika ashabu almaymanati
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
On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round).
عليهم نار مؤصدة
AAalayhim narun musadatun