آية :
1
لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ
1. I swear by this city (Makkah);
آية :
2
وَأَنتَ حِلُّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ
2. And you are free (from sin, and to punish the enemies of Islâm on the Day of the conquest) in this city (Makkah).[1]
آية :
3
وَوَالِدٖ وَمَا وَلَدَ
3. And by the begetter (i.e. Adam عليه السلام) and that which he begot (i.e. his progeny).
آية :
4
لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ فِي كَبَدٍ
4. Verily, We have created man in toil.
آية :
5
أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ أَحَدٞ
5. Does he think that none can overcome him?
آية :
6
يَقُولُ أَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالٗا لُّبَدًا
6. He says (boastfully): "I have wasted wealth in abundance!"
آية :
7
أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّمۡ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
7. Does he think that none sees him?
آية :
8
أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ عَيۡنَيۡنِ
8. Have We not made for him two eyes,
آية :
9
وَلِسَانٗا وَشَفَتَيۡنِ
9. And a tongue and two lips?
آية :
10
وَهَدَيۡنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجۡدَيۡنِ
10. And shown him the two ways (good and evil)?
آية :
11
فَلَا ٱقۡتَحَمَ ٱلۡعَقَبَةَ
11. But he has not attempted to pass on the path that is steep (i.e. the path which will lead to goodness and success).
آية :
12
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡعَقَبَةُ
12. And what will make you know the path that is steep?
آية :
13
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
13. (It is) freeing a neck (slave)[2]
آية :
14
أَوۡ إِطۡعَٰمٞ فِي يَوۡمٖ ذِي مَسۡغَبَةٖ
14. Or giving food in a day of hunger (famine),
آية :
15
يَتِيمٗا ذَا مَقۡرَبَةٍ
15. To an orphan near of kin.
آية :
16
أَوۡ مِسۡكِينٗا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةٖ
16. Or to a Miskîn (poor) cleaving to dust (out of misery).
آية :
17
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلۡمَرۡحَمَةِ
17. Then he became one of those who believed (in the Islamic Monotheism) and recommended one another to perseverance and patience, and (also) recommended one another to pity and compassion.
آية :
18
أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ
18. They are those on the Right Hand (i.e. the dwellers of Paradise),
آية :
19
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمۡ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ
19. But those who disbelieved in Our Ayât (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.), they are those on the Left Hand (the dwellers of Hell).
آية :
20
عَلَيۡهِمۡ نَارٞ مُّؤۡصَدَةُۢ
20. The Fire will be shut over them (i.e. they will be enveloped by the Fire without any opening or window or outlet.[3]
