لَاۤ اُقۡسِمُ بِهٰذَا الۡبَلَدِ ۙ ١
90:1
I swear by this city,
وَاَنۡتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهٰذَا الۡبَلَدِ ۙ ٢
90:2
And you, [O Muhammad], are a resident of this city,
وَوَالِدٍ وَّمَا وَلَدَ ۙ ٣
90:3
And [by] the father and that which he begot,
لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا الۡاِنۡسَانَ فِىۡ كَبَدٍ ؕ ٤
90:4
We have certainly created man into [a life of] hardship.
اَيَحۡسَبُ اَنۡ لَّنۡ يَّقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ اَحَدٌ ۙ ٥
90:5
Does he think that none will ever overcome him?
يَقُوۡلُ اَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا ؕ ٦
90:6
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
اَيَحۡسَبُ اَنۡ لَّمۡ يَرَهُۤ اَحَدٌ ؕ ٧
90:7
Does he think that none has seen him?
اَلَمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهٗ عَيۡنَيۡنِ ۙ ٨
90:8
Have We not made for him two eyes?
وَلِسَانًا وَّشَفَتَيۡنِ ۙ ٩
90:9
And a tongue and two lips?
وَّهَدَيۡنٰهُ النَّجۡدَيۡنِ ؕ ١٠
90:10
And shown him the two highways [of good and evil]?
فَلَا اقۡتَحَمَ الۡعَقَبَةَ ۚ ١١
90:11
But he has not attempted the steep ascent.
وَمَاۤ اَدۡرٰٮكَ مَا الۡعَقَبَةُ ؕ ١٢
90:12
And what can make you know what is [that] steep ascent?
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ ۙ ١٣
90:13
It is the freeing of a slave
اَوۡ اِطۡعٰمٌ فِىۡ يَوۡمٍ ذِىۡ مَسۡغَبَةٍ ۙ ١٤
90:14
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
يَّتِيۡمًا ذَا مَقۡرَبَةٍ ۙ ١٥
90:15
An orphan of near relationship
اَوۡ مِسۡكِيۡنًا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةٍ ؕ ١٦
90:16
Or a poor man in [dire] poverty.
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِيۡنَ اٰمَنُوۡا وَتَوَاصَوۡا بِالصَّبۡرِ وَتَوَاصَوۡا بِالۡمَرۡحَمَةِ ؕ ١٧
90:17
Then he was of those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to mercy.
اُولٰٓٮِٕكَ اَصۡحٰبُ الۡمَيۡمَنَةِ ؕ ١٨
90:18
Those are the companions of the right.
وَالَّذِيۡنَ كَفَرُوۡا بِاٰيٰتِنَا هُمۡ اَصۡحٰبُ الۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ ؕ ١٩
90:19
But those who disbelieved in Our signs - they are the companions of the left.
عَلَيۡهِمۡ نَارٌ مُّؤۡصَدَةٌ ٪ ٢٠
90:20
Over them will be fire closed in.