Chapter 90, 20 verses
I do call to witness this City; -
La oqsimu bihatha albaladi
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بهذا البلد
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. I swear by this city (Makkah);
And thou art a freeman of this City; -
Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi
وأنت حل بهذا البلد
And you are free (from sin, and to punish the enemies of Islam on the Day of the conquest) in this city (Makkah).
And (the mystic ties of) parent and child; -
Wawalidin wama walada
ووالد وما ولد
And by the begetter (i.e. Adam عليه السلام) and that which he begot (i.e. his progeny).
Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.
Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin
لقد خلقنا الإنسان في كبد
Verily, We have created man in toil.
Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?
Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun
أيحسب أن لن يقدر عليه أحد
Does he think that none can overcome him?
He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance!
Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan
يقول أهلكت مالا لبدا
He says (boastfully): "I have wasted wealth in abundance!"
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?
Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun
أيحسب أن لم يره أحد
Does he think that none sees him?
Have We not made for him a pair of eyes? -
Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni
ألم نجعل له عينين
Have We not made for him two eyes,
And a tongue, and a pair of lips? -
Walisanan washafatayni
ولسانا وشفتين
And a tongue and two lips?
And shown him the two highways?
Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni
وهديناه النجدين
And shown him the two ways (good and evil)?
But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep.
Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata
فلا اقتحم العقبة
But he has not attempted to pass on the path that is steep (i.e. the path which will lead to goodness and success).
And what will explain to thee the path that is steep? -
Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu
وما أدراك ما العقبة
And what will make you know the path that is steep?
(It is:) freeing the bondman;
Fakku raqabatin
فك رقبة
(It is) freeing a neck (slave)
Or the giving of food in a day of privation
Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin
أو إطعام في يوم ذي مسغبة
Or giving food in a day of hunger (famine),
To the orphan with claims of relationship,
Yateeman tha maqrabatin
يتيما ذا مقربة
To an orphan near of kin.
Or to the indigent (down) in the dust.
Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin
أو مسكينا ذا متربة
Or to a Miskin (poor) cleaving to dust (out of misery).
Then will he be of those who believe, and enjoin patience, (constancy, and self - restraint), and enjoin deeds of kindness and compassion.
Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati
ثم كان من الذين آمنوا وتواصوا بالصبر وتواصوا بالمرحمة
Then he became one of those who believed (in the Islamic Monotheism) and recommended one another to perseverance and patience, and (also) recommended one another to pity and compassion.
Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.
Olaika ashabu almaymanati
أولئك أصحاب الميمنة
They are those on the Right Hand (i.e. the dwellers of Paradise),
But those who reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) Companions of the Left Hand.
Waallatheena kafaroo biayatina hum ashabu almashamati
والذين كفروا بآياتنا هم أصحاب المشأمة
But those who disbelieved in Our Ayat (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.), they are those on the Left Hand (the dwellers of Hell).
On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round).
AAalayhim narun musadatun
عليهم نار مؤصدة
The Fire will be shut over them (i.e. they will be enveloped by the Fire without any opening or window or outlet.