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 -
I swear by this city, Makkah -
And thou art a freeman of this City; -
And thou art an indweller of this city -
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -
And (the mystic ties of) parent and child; -
And the begetter and that which he begat,
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.
We verily have created man in an atmosphere:
We have certainly created man into hardship.
Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?
Thinketh he that none hath power over him ?
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance!
And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth:
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him ?
Does he think that no one has seen him?
Have We not made for him a pair of eyes? -
Did We not assign unto him two eyes
Have We not made for him two eyes?
And a tongue, and a pair of lips? -
And a tongue and two lips,
And a tongue and two lips?
And shown him the two highways?
And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways ?
And have shown him the two ways?
But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep.
But he hath not attempted the Ascent -
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
And what will explain to thee the path that is steep? -
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is! -
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
(It is:) freeing the bondman;
(It is) to free a slave,
It is the freeing of a slave
Or the giving of food in a day of privation
And to feed in the day of hunger.
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
To the orphan with claims of relationship,
An orphan near of kin,
An orphan of near relationship
Or to the indigent (down) in the dust.
Or some poor wretch in misery,
Or a needy person in misery
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.
And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.
Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.
Their place will be on the right hand.
Those are the companions of the right.
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.
But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.
On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round).
Fire will be an awning over them.
Over them will be fire closed in.