بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
90:1
لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
90:1
No! I swear by this land, - A. J. Arberry (English)
90:2
وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
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and thou art a lodger in this land; - A. J. Arberry (English)
90:3
وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ
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by the begetter, and that he begot, - A. J. Arberry (English)
90:4
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ
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indeed, We created man in trouble. - A. J. Arberry (English)
90:5
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ
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What, does he think none has power over him, - A. J. Arberry (English)
90:6
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا
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saying, 'I have consumed wealth abundant'? - A. J. Arberry (English)
90:7
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
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What, does he think none has seen him? - A. J. Arberry (English)
90:8
أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ
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Have We not appointed to him two eyes, - A. J. Arberry (English)
90:9
وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ
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and a tongue, and two lips, - A. J. Arberry (English)
90:10
وَهَدَيْنَـٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ
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and guided him on the two highways? - A. J. Arberry (English)
90:11
فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ
90:11
Yet he has not assaulted the steep; - A. J. Arberry (English)
90:12
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ
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and what shall teach thee what is the steep? - A. J. Arberry (English)
90:13
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
90:13
The freeing of a slave, - A. J. Arberry (English)
90:14
أَوْ إِطْعَـٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ
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or giving food upon a day of hunger - A. J. Arberry (English)
90:15
يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ
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to an orphan near of kin - A. J. Arberry (English)
90:16
أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ
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or a needy man in misery; - A. J. Arberry (English)
90:17
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ
90:17
then that he become of those who believe and counsel each other to be steadfast, and counsel each other to be merciful. - A. J. Arberry (English)
90:18
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ
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Those are the Companions of the Right Hand. - A. J. Arberry (English)
90:19
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ
90:19
And those who disbelieve in Our signs, they are the Companions of the Left Hand; - A. J. Arberry (English)
90:20
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ
90:20
over them is a Fire covered down. - A. J. Arberry (English)