Chapter 90, 20 verses
I do call to witness this City; -
Nay! I swear by this city.
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بهذا البلد
لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
And thou art a freeman of this City; -
And you shall be made free from obligation in this city - -
وأنت حل بهذا البلد
وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
And (the mystic ties of) parent and child; -
And the begetter and whom he begot.
ووالد وما ولد
وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ
Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.
Certainly We have created man to be in distress.
لقد خلقنا الإنسان في كبد
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ
Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?
Does he think that no one has power over him?
أيحسب أن لن يقدر عليه أحد
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ
He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance!
He shall say: I have wasted much wealth.
يقول أهلكت مالا لبدا
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?
Does he think that no one sees him?
أيحسب أن لم يره أحد
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
Have We not made for him a pair of eyes? -
Have We not given him two eyes,
ألم نجعل له عينين
أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ
And a tongue, and a pair of lips? -
And a tongue and two lips,
ولسانا وشفتين
وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ
And shown him the two highways?
And pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways?
وهديناه النجدين
وَهَدَيْنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ
But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep.
But he would not attempt the uphill road,
فلا اقتحم العقبة
فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ
And what will explain to thee the path that is steep? -
And what will make you comprehend what the uphill road is?
وما أدراك ما العقبة
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ
(It is:) freeing the bondman;
(It is) the setting free of a slave,
فك رقبة
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
Or the giving of food in a day of privation
Or the giving of food in a day of hunger
أو إطعام في يوم ذي مسغبة
أَوْ إِطْعَٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ
To the orphan with claims of relationship,
To an orphan, having relationship,
يتيما ذا مقربة
يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ
Or to the indigent (down) in the dust.
Or to the poor man lying in the dust.
أو مسكينا ذا متربة
أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ
Then will he be of those who believe, and enjoin patience, (constancy, and self - restraint), and enjoin deeds of kindness and compassion.
Then he is of those who believe and charge one another to show patience, and charge one another to show compassion.
ثم كان من الذين آمنوا وتواصوا بالصبر وتواصوا بالمرحمة
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ
Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.
These are the people of the right hand.
أولئك أصحاب الميمنة
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ
But those who reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) Companions of the Left Hand.
And (as for) those who disbelieve in our communications, they are the people of the left hand.
والذين كفروا بآياتنا هم أصحاب المشأمة
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ
On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round).
On them is fire closed over.
عليهم نار مؤصدة
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ