لَا أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ ١
I do call to witness this City;-
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
90:2
وَأَنْتَ حِلٌّ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ ٢
And thou art a freeman of this City;-
90:3
وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ ٣
And (the mystic ties of) parent and child;-
90:4
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنْسَانَ فِي كَبَدٍ ٤
Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.
90:5
أَيَحْسَبُ أَنْ لَنْ يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ ٥
Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?
90:6
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُبَدًا ٦
He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance!
90:7
أَيَحْسَبُ أَنْ لَمْ يَرَهُ أَحَدٌ ٧
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?
90:8
أَلَمْ نَجْعَلْ لَهُ عَيْنَيْنِ ٨
Have We not made for him a pair of eyes?-
90:9
وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ ٩
And a tongue, and a pair of lips?-
90:10
وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِ ١٠
And shown him the two highways?
90:11
فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ ١١
But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep.
90:12
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ ١٢
And what will explain to thee the path that is steep?-
90:13
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ ١٣
(It is:) freeing the bondman;
90:14
أَوْ إِطْعَامٌ فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي مَسْغَبَةٍ ١٤
Or the giving of food in a day of privation
90:15
يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ ١٥
To the orphan with claims of relationship,
90:16
أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ ١٦
Or to the indigent (down) in the dust.
90:17
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْمَرْحَمَةِ ١٧
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 ١٨
Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.
90:19
وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ ١٩
But those who reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) Companions of the Left Hand.
90:20
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُؤْصَدَةٌ ٢٠
On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round).