بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ ١
La oqsimu bihatha albalad. I swear by this city, Makkah -
وَأَنتَ حِلُّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ ٢
Waanta hillun bihatha albalad. And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -
وَوَالِدٖ وَمَا وَلَدَ ٣
Wawalidin wama walad. And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ فِي كَبَدٍ ٤
Laqad khalaqna al-insana feekabad. We have certainly created man into hardship.
أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ أَحَدٞ ٥
Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahad. Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
يَقُولُ أَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالٗا لُّبَدًا ٦
Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubada. He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّمۡ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ ٧
Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahad. Does he think that no one has seen him?
أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ عَيۡنَيۡنِ ٨
Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayn. Have We not made for him two eyes?
وَلِسَانٗا وَشَفَتَيۡنِ ٩
Walisanan washafatayn. And a tongue and two lips?
وَهَدَيۡنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجۡدَيۡنِ ١٠
Wahadaynahu annajdayn. And have shown him the two ways?
فَلَا ٱقۡتَحَمَ ٱلۡعَقَبَةَ ١١
Fala iqtahama alAAaqaba. But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡعَقَبَةُ ١٢
Wama adraka maalAAaqaba. And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ ١٣
Fakku raqaba. It is the freeing of a slave
أَوۡ إِطۡعَٰمٞ فِي يَوۡمٖ ذِي مَسۡغَبَةٖ ١٤
Aw itAAamun fee yawmin theemasghaba. Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
يَتِيمٗا ذَا مَقۡرَبَةٍ ١٥
Yateeman tha maqraba. An orphan of near relationship
أَوۡ مِسۡكِينٗا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةٖ ١٦
Aw miskeenan tha matraba. Or a needy person in misery
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلۡمَرۡحَمَةِ ١٧
Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoowatawasaw bissabri watawasaw bilmarhama. And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.
أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ ١٨
Ola-ika as-habualmaymana. Those are the companions of the right.
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِــَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمۡ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡــَٔمَةِ ١٩
Wallatheena kafaroo bi-ayatinahum as-habu almash-ama. But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.
عَلَيۡهِمۡ نَارٞ مُّؤۡصَدَةُۢ ٢٠
AAalayhim narun mu'sada. Over them will be fire closed in.
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