Chapter 90, 20 verses
I do call to witness this City; -
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ لَا أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ
I swear by this city, Makkah -
And thou art a freeman of this City; -
وَأَنتَ حِلٌّ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -
And (the mystic ties of) parent and child; -
وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ فِي كَبَدٍ
We have certainly created man into hardship.
Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance!
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُ أَحَدٌ
Does he think that no one has seen him?
Have We not made for him a pair of eyes? -
أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُ عَيْنَيْنِ
Have We not made for him two eyes?
And a tongue, and a pair of lips? -
وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ
And a tongue and two lips?
And shown him the two highways?
وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِ
And have shown him the two ways?
But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep.
فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
And what will explain to thee the path that is steep? -
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
(It is:) freeing the bondman;
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
It is the freeing of a slave
Or the giving of food in a day of privation
أَوْ إِطْعَامٌ فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي مَسْغَبَةٍ
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
To the orphan with claims of relationship,
يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ
An orphan of near relationship
Or to the indigent (down) in the dust.
أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ
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.
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْمَرْحَمَةِ
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.
أُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ
Those are the companions of the right.
But those who reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) Companions of the Left Hand.
وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ
But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.
On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round).
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌ
Over them will be fire closed in.