La oqsimu bihatha albalad
I swear by this city [i.e., Makkah]
Waanta hillun bihatha albalad
And you, [O Muḥammad], are free of restriction in this city
Wawalidin wama walad
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
Laqad khalaqna al-insana feekabad
We have certainly created man into hardship.
Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahad
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubada
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahad
Does he think that no one has seen him?
Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayn
Have We not made for him two eyes?
Walisanan washafatayn
And a tongue and two lips?
Wahadaynahu annajdayn
And have shown him the two ways?
Fala iqtahama alAAaqaba
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
Wama adraka maalAAaqaba
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
Fakku raqaba
It is the freeing of a slave
Aw itAAamun fee yawmin theemasghaba
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
Yateeman tha maqraba
An orphan of near relationship
Aw miskeenan tha matraba
Or a needy person in misery
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.
Ola-ika as-habualmaymana
Those are the companions of the right.
Wallatheena kafaroo bi-ayatinahum as-habu almash-ama
But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.
AAalayhim narun mu/sada
Over them will be fire closed in.