Chapter 90, 20 verses
I do call to witness this City; -
La oqsimu bihatha albaladi
I swear by this city, Makkah -
And thou art a freeman of this City; -
Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -
And (the mystic ties of) parent and child; -
Wawalidin wama walada
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.
Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin
We have certainly created man into hardship.
Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?
Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance!
Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?
Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun
Does he think that no one has seen him?
Have We not made for him a pair of eyes? -
Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni
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 shown him the two highways?
Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni
And have shown him the two ways?
But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep.
Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
And what will explain to thee the path that is steep? -
Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
(It is:) freeing the bondman;
Fakku raqabatin
It is the freeing of a slave
Or the giving of food in a day of privation
Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
To the orphan with claims of relationship,
Yateeman tha maqrabatin
An orphan of near relationship
Or to the indigent (down) in the dust.
Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin
Or a needy person in 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
And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.
Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.
Olaika ashabu almaymanati
Those are the companions of the right.
But those who reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) Companions of the Left Hand.
Waallatheena kafaroo biayatina hum ashabu almashamati
But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.
On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round).
AAalayhim narun musadatun
Over them will be fire closed in.