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