And you, [O Muḥammad], are free of restriction in this city –
وَوَالِدٖوَوَالِدٍAnd the begetter
وَمَاوَّمَاand what
وَلَدَhe begot
3
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
لَقَدۡلَقَدْCertainly
خَلَقۡنَاخَلَقْنَاWe have created
ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَالْاِنْسَانَman
فِيفِيْ(to be) in
كَبَدٍhardship
4
We have certainly created man into hardship.
1 I swear by this city [i.e., Makkah] – 2 And you, [O Muḥammad], are free of restriction in this city – 3 And [by] the father and that which was born [of him], 4 We have certainly created man into hardship.
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
يَقُولُيَقُوْلُHe will say
أَهۡلَكۡتُاَهْلَكْتُI have squandered
مَالٗامَالًاwealth
لُّبَدًاabundant
6
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
أَيَحۡسَبُاَيَحْسَبُDoes he think
أَناَنْthat
لَّمۡلَّمْnot
يَرَهُۥٓيَرَهٗٓsees him
أَحَدٌاَحَدٌanyone
7
Does he think that no one has seen him?
أَلَمۡاَلَمْHave not
نَجۡعَلنَجْعَلْWe made
لَّهُۥلَّهٗfor him
عَيۡنَيۡنِعَيْنَيْنِtwo eyes
8
Have We not made for him two eyes?
وَلِسَانٗاوَلِسَانًاAnd a tongue
وَشَفَتَيۡنِوَّشَفَتَيْنِand two lips
9
And a tongue and two lips?
وَهَدَيۡنَٰهُوَهَدَيْنٰهُAnd shown him
ٱلنَّجۡدَيۡنِالنَّجْدَيْنِthe two ways
10
And have shown him the two ways?
5 Does he think that never will anyone overcome him? 6 He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance." 7 Does he think that no one has seen him? 8 Have We not made for him two eyes? 9 And a tongue and two lips? 10 And have shown him the two ways?
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
فَكُّ(It is) freeing
رَقَبَةٍa neck
13
It is the freeing of a slave
أَوۡاَوْOr
إِطۡعَٰمٞاِطْعٰمٌfeeding
فِيفِيْin
يَوۡمٖيَوْمٍa day
ذِيذِيْof
مَسۡغَبَةٖمَسْغَبَةٍsevere hunger
14
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
يَتِيمٗايَّتِيْمًاAn orphan
ذَاof
مَقۡرَبَةٍمَقْرَبَةٍnear relationship
15
An orphan of near relationship
أَوۡاَوْOr
مِسۡكِينٗامِسْكِيْنًاa needy person
ذَاin
مَتۡرَبَةٖمَتْرَبَةٍmisery
16
Or a needy person in misery
ثُمَّThen
كَانَhe is
مِنَof
ٱلَّذِينَالَّذِيْنَthose who
ءَامَنُواْاٰمَنُوْاbelieve
وَتَوَاصَوۡاْوَتَوَاصَوْاand enjoin (each other)
بِٱلصَّبۡرِبِالصَّبْرِto patience
وَتَوَاصَوۡاْوَتَوَاصَوْاand enjoin (each other)
بِٱلۡمَرۡحَمَةِبِالْمَرْحَمَةِto compassion
17
And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.
11 But he has not broken through the difficult pass. 12 And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass? 13 It is the freeing of a slave 14 Or feeding on a day of severe hunger 15 An orphan of near relationship 16 Or a needy person in misery 17 And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.
But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.
عَلَيۡهِمۡعَلَيْهِمْOver them
نَارٞنَارٌ(will be the) Fire
مُّؤۡصَدَةُۢمُّو͏ٔ͏ْصَدَةٌclosed in
20
Over them will be fire closed in.
18 Those are the companions of the right. 19 But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left. 20 Over them will be fire closed in.