आयत :
1
لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ
1. I swear by this city (Makkah);
आयत :
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]
आयत :
3
وَوَالِدٖ وَمَا وَلَدَ
3. And by the begetter (i.e. Adam عليه السلام) and that which he begot (i.e. his progeny).
आयत :
4
لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ فِي كَبَدٍ
4. Verily, We have created man in toil.
आयत :
5
أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ أَحَدٞ
5. Does he think that none can overcome him?
आयत :
6
يَقُولُ أَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالٗا لُّبَدًا
6. He says (boastfully): "I have wasted wealth in abundance!"
आयत :
7
أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّمۡ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
7. Does he think that none sees him?
आयत :
8
أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ عَيۡنَيۡنِ
8. Have We not made for him two eyes,
आयत :
9
وَلِسَانٗا وَشَفَتَيۡنِ
9. And a tongue and two lips?
आयत :
10
وَهَدَيۡنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجۡدَيۡنِ
10. And shown him the two ways (good and evil)?
आयत :
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).
आयत :
12
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡعَقَبَةُ
12. And what will make you know the path that is steep?
आयत :
13
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
13. (It is) freeing a neck (slave)[2]
आयत :
14
أَوۡ إِطۡعَٰمٞ فِي يَوۡمٖ ذِي مَسۡغَبَةٖ
14. Or giving food in a day of hunger (famine),
आयत :
15
يَتِيمٗا ذَا مَقۡرَبَةٍ
15. To an orphan near of kin.
आयत :
16
أَوۡ مِسۡكِينٗا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةٖ
16. Or to a Miskîn (poor) cleaving to dust (out of misery).
आयत :
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.
आयत :
18
أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ
18. They are those on the Right Hand (i.e. the dwellers of Paradise),
आयत :
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).
आयत :
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]
