Aya :
1
لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ
I do swear by this city [of Makkah] –
Aya :
2
وَأَنتَ حِلُّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ
and you are free of restriction [for a while] in this city[1] –
Aya :
3
وَوَالِدٖ وَمَا وَلَدَ
and by every parent[2] and his offspring,
Aya :
4
لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ فِي كَبَدٍ
We have created man in hardship.
Aya :
5
أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ أَحَدٞ
Does he think that none can ever have power over him?
Aya :
6
يَقُولُ أَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالٗا لُّبَدًا
He says, “I have squandered enormous wealth!”
Aya :
7
أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّمۡ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
Does he think that no one sees him?
Aya :
8
أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ عَيۡنَيۡنِ
Have We not given him two eyes,
Aya :
9
وَلِسَانٗا وَشَفَتَيۡنِ
and a tongue and two lips,
Aya :
10
وَهَدَيۡنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجۡدَيۡنِ
and shown him the two ways [of right and wrong]?
Aya :
11
فَلَا ٱقۡتَحَمَ ٱلۡعَقَبَةَ
Yet he did not make his way through the steep path[3],
Aya :
12
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡعَقَبَةُ
and how do you know what the steep path is?
Aya :
13
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
It is freeing a slave,
Aya :
14
أَوۡ إِطۡعَٰمٞ فِي يَوۡمٖ ذِي مَسۡغَبَةٖ
or giving food on a day of hunger,
Aya :
15
يَتِيمٗا ذَا مَقۡرَبَةٍ
to an orphan relative,
Aya :
16
أَوۡ مِسۡكِينٗا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةٖ
or to a needy person in misery,
Aya :
17
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلۡمَرۡحَمَةِ
then [most importantly] to be one of those who believe and exhort one another to patience and exhort one another to compassion.
Aya :
18
أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ
Such are the people of the Right[4].
Aya :
19
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمۡ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ
As for those who reject Our signs, they are the people of the Left[5],
Aya :
20
عَلَيۡهِمۡ نَارٞ مُّؤۡصَدَةُۢ
who will be locked up in the Fire.
