Chapter 90, 20 verses
I do call to witness this City; -
I swear by this city, Makkah -
La oqsimu bihatha albaladi
لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
And thou art a freeman of this City; -
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -
Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi
وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
And (the mystic ties of) parent and child; -
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
Wawalidin wama walada
وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ
Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.
We have certainly created man into hardship.
Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ
Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ
He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance!
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?
Does he think that no one has seen him?
Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
Have We not made for him a pair of eyes? -
Have We not made for him two eyes?
Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni
أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ
And a tongue, and a pair of lips? -
And a tongue and two lips?
Walisanan washafatayni
وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ
And shown him the two highways?
And have shown him the two ways?
Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni
وَهَدَيْنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ
But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep.
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata
فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ
And what will explain to thee the path that is steep? -
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ
(It is:) freeing the bondman;
It is the freeing of a slave
Fakku raqabatin
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
Or the giving of food in a day of privation
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin
أَوْ إِطْعَٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ
To the orphan with claims of relationship,
An orphan of near relationship
Yateeman tha maqrabatin
يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ
Or to the indigent (down) in the dust.
Or a needy person in misery
Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin
أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ
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.
Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ
Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.
Those are the companions of the right.
Olaika ashabu almaymanati
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ
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.
Waallatheena kafaroo biayatina hum ashabu almashamati
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ
On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round).
Over them will be fire closed in.
AAalayhim narun musadatun
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ