Chapter 90, 20 verses
I do call to witness this City; -
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Nay, I swear by this city -
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بهذا البلد
And thou art a freeman of this City; -
And thou art an indweller of this city -
وأنت حل بهذا البلد
And (the mystic ties of) parent and child; -
And the begetter and that which he begat,
ووالد وما ولد
Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.
We verily have created man in an atmosphere:
لقد خلقنا الإنسان في كبد
Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?
Thinketh he that none hath power over him ?
أيحسب أن لن يقدر عليه أحد
He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance!
And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth:
يقول أهلكت مالا لبدا
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him ?
أيحسب أن لم يره أحد
Have We not made for him a pair of eyes? -
Did We not assign unto him two eyes
ألم نجعل له عينين
And a tongue, and a pair of lips? -
And a tongue and two lips,
ولسانا وشفتين
And shown him the two highways?
And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways ?
وهديناه النجدين
But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep.
But he hath not attempted the Ascent -
فلا اقتحم العقبة
And what will explain to thee the path that is steep? -
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is! -
وما أدراك ما العقبة
(It is:) freeing the bondman;
(It is) to free a slave,
فك رقبة
Or the giving of food in a day of privation
And to feed in the day of hunger.
أو إطعام في يوم ذي مسغبة
To the orphan with claims of relationship,
An orphan near of kin,
يتيما ذا مقربة
Or to the indigent (down) in the dust.
Or some poor wretch in misery,
أو مسكينا ذا متربة
Then will he be of those who believe, and enjoin patience, (constancy, and self - restraint), and enjoin deeds of kindness and compassion.
And to be of those who believe and exhort one another to perseverance and exhort one another to pity.
ثم كان من الذين آمنوا وتواصوا بالصبر وتواصوا بالمرحمة
Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.
Their place will be on the right hand.
أولئك أصحاب الميمنة
But those who reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) Companions of the Left Hand.
But those who disbelieve Our revelations, their place will be on the left hand.
والذين كفروا بآياتنا هم أصحاب المشأمة
On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round).
Fire will be an awning over them.
عليهم نار مؤصدة