Total Verses: 20
Revealed At: MAKKA
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful.
Bismi Allahi alrrahmani alrraheemi
090.001
I do call to witness this City;-
1. La oqsimu bihatha albaladi
090.002
And thou art a freeman of this City;-
2. Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi
090.003
And (the mystic ties of) parent and child;-
3. Wawalidin wama walada
090.004
Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.
4. Laqad khalaqna al-insana fee kabadin
090.005
Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?
5. Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun
090.006
He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance!
6. Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan
090.007
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?
7. Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun
090.008
Have We not made for him a pair of eyes?-
8. Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni
090.009
And a tongue, and a pair of lips?-
9. Walisanan washafatayni
090.010
And shown him the two highways?
10. Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni
090.011
But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep.
11. Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata
090.012
And what will explain to thee the path that is steep?-
12. Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu
090.013
(It is:) freeing the bondman;
13. Fakku raqabatin
090.014
Or the giving of food in a day of privation
14. Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin
090.015
To the orphan with claims of relationship,
15. Yateeman tha maqrabatin
090.016
Or to the indigent (down) in the dust.
16. Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin
090.017
Then will he be of those who believe, and enjoin patience, (constancy, and
self-restraint), and enjoin deeds of kindness and compassion.
17. Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati
090.018
Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.
18. Ola-ika as-habu almaymanati
090.019
But those who reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) Companions of the Left
Hand.
19. Waallatheena kafaroo bi-ayatina hum as-habu almash-amati
090.020
On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round).
20. AAalayhim narun mu/sadatun
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