90 : 1

لَا أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ

I do call to witness this City;-

90 : 2

وَأَنْتَ حِلٌّ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ

And thou art a freeman of this City;-

90 : 3

وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ

And (the mystic ties of) parent and child;-

90 : 4

لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنْسَانَ فِي كَبَدٍ

Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.

90 : 5

أَيَحْسَبُ أَنْ لَنْ يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ

Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?

90 : 6

يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُبَدًا

He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance!

90 : 7

أَيَحْسَبُ أَنْ لَمْ يَرَهُ أَحَدٌ

Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?

90 : 8

أَلَمْ نَجْعَلْ لَهُ عَيْنَيْنِ

Have We not made for him a pair of eyes?-

90 : 9

وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ

And a tongue, and a pair of lips?-

90 : 10

وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِ

And shown him the two highways?

90 : 11

فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ

But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep.

90 : 12

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ

And what will explain to thee the path that is steep?-

90 : 13

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ

(It is:) freeing the bondman;

90 : 14

أَوْ إِطْعَامٌ فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي مَسْغَبَةٍ

Or the giving of food in a day of privation

90 : 15

يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ

To the orphan with claims of relationship,

90 : 16

أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ

Or to the indigent (down) in the dust.

90 : 17

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْمَرْحَمَةِ

Then will he be of those who believe, and enjoin patience, (constancy, and self-restraint), and enjoin deeds of kindness and compassion.

90 : 18

أُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ

Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.

90 : 19

وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ

But those who reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) Companions of the Left Hand.

90 : 20

عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُؤْصَدَةٌ

On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round).