بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِAyah 1
I swear by this city, Makkah -
وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِAyah 2
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -
وَوَالِدٍۢ وَمَا وَلَدَAyah 3
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍAyah 4
We have certainly created man into hardship.
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌۭAyah 5
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًۭا لُّبَدًاAyah 6
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌAyah 7
Does he think that no one has seen him?
أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِAyah 8
Have We not made for him two eyes?
وَلِسَانًۭا وَشَفَتَيْنِAyah 9
And a tongue and two lips?
وَهَدَيْنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِAyah 10
And have shown him the two ways?
فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَAyah 11
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُAyah 12
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍAyah 13
It is the freeing of a slave
أَوْ إِطْعَٰمٌۭ فِى يَوْمٍۢ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍۢAyah 14
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
يَتِيمًۭا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍAyah 15
An orphan of near relationship
أَوْ مِسْكِينًۭا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍۢAyah 16
Or a needy person in misery
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِAyah 17
And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِAyah 18
Those are the companions of the right.
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِAyah 19
But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌۭ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢAyah 20
Over them will be fire closed in.
Arabic: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani), © Tanzil Project, CC BY 3.0, tanzil.net. English: Saheeh International, via the Tanzil translations. A translation conveys meaning; it is not the Qur’an itself.