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