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