Chapter 90, 20 verses
I do call to witness this City; -
La oqsimu bihatha albaladi
Nay! I swear by this city.
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
And you shall be made free from obligation in this city - -
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
And the begetter and whom he begot.
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
Certainly We have created man to be in distress.
Verily, We have created man in toil.
Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?
Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun
Does he think that no one has power over him?
Does he think that none can overcome him?
He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance!
Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan
He shall say: I have wasted much wealth.
He says (boastfully): "I have wasted wealth in abundance!"
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?
Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun
Does he think that no one sees him?
Does he think that none sees him?
Have We not made for him a pair of eyes? -
Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni
Have We not given him two eyes,
Have We not made for him two eyes,
And a tongue, and a pair of lips? -
Walisanan washafatayni
And a tongue and two lips,
And a tongue and two lips?
And shown him the two highways?
Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni
And pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways?
And shown him the two ways (good and evil)?
But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep.
Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata
But he would not attempt the uphill road,
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
And what will make you comprehend what the uphill road is?
And what will make you know the path that is steep?
(It is:) freeing the bondman;
Fakku raqabatin
(It is) the setting free of a slave,
(It is) freeing a neck (slave)
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
Or giving food in a day of hunger (famine),
To the orphan with claims of relationship,
Yateeman tha maqrabatin
To an orphan, having relationship,
To an orphan near of kin.
Or to the indigent (down) in the dust.
Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin
Or to the poor man lying in the dust.
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
Then he is of those who believe and charge one another to show patience, and charge one another to show compassion.
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
These are the people of the right hand.
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
And (as for) those who disbelieve in our communications, they are the people of the left hand.
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
On them is fire closed over.
The Fire will be shut over them (i.e. they will be enveloped by the Fire without any opening or window or outlet.