Chapter 90, 20 verses
I do call to witness this City; -
La oqsimu bihatha albaladi
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بهذا البلد
And thou art a freeman of this City; -
Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi
وأنت حل بهذا البلد
And (the mystic ties of) parent and child; -
Wawalidin wama walada
ووالد وما ولد
Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.
Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin
لقد خلقنا الإنسان في كبد
Thinketh he, that none hath 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!
Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan
يقول أهلكت مالا لبدا
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?
Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun
أيحسب أن لم يره أحد
Have We not made for him a pair of eyes? -
Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni
ألم نجعل له عينين
And a tongue, and a pair of lips? -
Walisanan washafatayni
ولسانا وشفتين
And shown him the two highways?
Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni
وهديناه النجدين
But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep.
Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata
فلا اقتحم العقبة
And what will explain to thee the path that is steep? -
Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu
وما أدراك ما العقبة
(It is:) freeing the bondman;
Fakku raqabatin
فك رقبة
Or the giving of food in a day of privation
Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin
أو إطعام في يوم ذي مسغبة
To the orphan with claims of relationship,
Yateeman tha maqrabatin
يتيما ذا مقربة
Or to the indigent (down) 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.
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.
Olaika ashabu almaymanati
أولئك أصحاب الميمنة
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
On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round).
AAalayhim narun musadatun
عليهم نار مؤصدة