Chapter 90, 20 verses
I do call to witness this City; -
I swear by this city, Makkah -
Nay! I swear by this city.
And thou art a freeman of this City; -
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -
And you shall be made free from obligation in this city - -
And (the mystic ties of) parent and child; -
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
And the begetter and whom he begot.
Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.
We have certainly created man into hardship.
Certainly We have created man to be in distress.
Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
Does he think that no one has power over him?
He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance!
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
He shall say: I have wasted much wealth.
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?
Does he think that no one has seen him?
Does he think that no one sees him?
Have We not made for him a pair of eyes? -
Have We not made for him two eyes?
Have We not given him two eyes,
And a tongue, and a pair of lips? -
And a tongue and two lips?
And a tongue and two lips,
And shown him the two highways?
And have shown him the two ways?
And pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways?
But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep.
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
But he would not attempt the uphill road,
And what will explain to thee the path that is steep? -
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
And what will make you comprehend what the uphill road is?
(It is:) freeing the bondman;
It is the freeing of a slave
(It is) the setting free of a slave,
Or the giving of food in a day of privation
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
Or the giving of food in a day of hunger
To the orphan with claims of relationship,
An orphan of near relationship
To an orphan, having relationship,
Or to the indigent (down) in the dust.
Or a needy person in misery
Or to the poor man lying in the dust.
Then will he be of those who believe, and enjoin patience, (constancy, and self - restraint), and enjoin deeds of kindness and compassion.
And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.
Then he is of those who believe and charge one another to show patience, and charge one another to show compassion.
Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.
Those are the companions of the right.
These are the people of the right hand.
But those who reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) Companions of the Left Hand.
But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.
And (as for) those who disbelieve in our communications, they are the people of the left hand.
On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round).
Over them will be fire closed in.
On them is fire closed over.