Chapter 90, 20 verses
I do call to witness this City; -
Nay! I swear by this city.
La oqsimu bihatha albaladi
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بهذا البلد
And thou art a freeman of this City; -
And you shall be made free from obligation in this city - -
Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi
وأنت حل بهذا البلد
And (the mystic ties of) parent and child; -
And the begetter and whom he begot.
Wawalidin wama walada
ووالد وما ولد
Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.
Certainly We have created man to be in distress.
Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin
لقد خلقنا الإنسان في كبد
Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?
Does he think that no one has power over him?
Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun
أيحسب أن لن يقدر عليه أحد
He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance!
He shall say: I have wasted much wealth.
Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan
يقول أهلكت مالا لبدا
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?
Does he think that no one sees him?
Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun
أيحسب أن لم يره أحد
Have We not made for him a pair of eyes? -
Have We not given him two eyes,
Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni
ألم نجعل له عينين
And a tongue, and a pair of lips? -
And a tongue and two lips,
Walisanan washafatayni
ولسانا وشفتين
And shown him the two highways?
And pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways?
Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni
وهديناه النجدين
But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep.
But he would not attempt the uphill road,
Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata
فلا اقتحم العقبة
And what will explain to thee the path that is steep? -
And what will make you comprehend what the uphill road is?
Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu
وما أدراك ما العقبة
(It is:) freeing the bondman;
(It is) the setting free of a slave,
Fakku raqabatin
فك رقبة
Or the giving of food in a day of privation
Or the giving of food in a day of hunger
Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin
أو إطعام في يوم ذي مسغبة
To the orphan with claims of relationship,
To an orphan, having relationship,
Yateeman tha maqrabatin
يتيما ذا مقربة
Or to the indigent (down) in the dust.
Or to the poor man lying in the dust.
Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin
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.
Then he is of those who believe and charge one another to show patience, and charge one another to show compassion.
Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati
ثم كان من الذين آمنوا وتواصوا بالصبر وتواصوا بالمرحمة
Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.
These are the people of the right hand.
Olaika ashabu almaymanati
أولئك أصحاب الميمنة
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.
Waallatheena kafaroo biayatina hum ashabu almashamati
والذين كفروا بآياتنا هم أصحاب المشأمة
On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round).
On them is fire closed over.
AAalayhim narun musadatun
عليهم نار مؤصدة