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