90:1
لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ ﴿١﴾
I swear by this city [i.e., Makkah]
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allāh, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.
90:2
وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ ﴿٢﴾
And you, [O Muḥammad], are free of restriction in this city
90:3
وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ ﴿٣﴾
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
90:4
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ ﴿٤﴾
We have certainly created man into hardship.
90:5
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ ﴿٥﴾
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
90:6
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا ﴿٦﴾
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
90:7
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ ﴿٧﴾
Does he think that no one has seen him?
90:8
أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ ﴿٨﴾
Have We not made for him two eyes?
90:9
وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ ﴿٩﴾
And a tongue and two lips?
90:10
وَهَدَيْنَـٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ ﴿١٠﴾
And have shown him the two ways?
90:11
فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ ﴿١١﴾
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
90:12
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ ﴿١٢﴾
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
90:13
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ ﴿١٣﴾
It is the freeing of a slave
90:14
أَوْ إِطْعَـٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ ﴿١٤﴾
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
90:15
يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ ﴿١٥﴾
An orphan of near relationship
90:16
أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ ﴿١٦﴾
Or a needy person in misery
90:17
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا وَتَوَاصَوْا بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ ﴿١٧﴾
And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.
90:18
أُولَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ ﴿١٨﴾
Those are the companions of the right.
90:19
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ ﴿١٩﴾
But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.
90:20
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ ﴿٢٠﴾
Over them will be fire closed in.