Lā 'Uqsimu Bihadhā Al-Baladi  | 090.001 I do call to witness this City;- | لاَ أُقْسِمُ بِهَذَا الْبَلَدِ |
Wa 'Anta Ĥillun Bihadhā Al-Baladi  | 090.002 And thou art a freeman of this City;- | وَأَنْتَ حِلّ ٌ بِهَذَا الْبَلَدِ |
Wa Wālidin Wa Mā Walada  | 090.003 And (the mystic ties of) parent and child;- | وَوَالِد ٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ |
Laqad Khalaqnā Al-'Insāna Fī Kabadin  | 090.004 Verily We have created man into toil and struggle. | لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الإِنسَانَ فِي كَبَد ٍ |
'Ayaĥsabu 'An Lan Yaqdira `Alayhi 'Aĥadun  | 090.005 Thinketh he, that none hath power over him? | أَيَحْسَبُ أَنْ لَنْ يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَد ٌ |
Yaqūlu 'Ahlaktu Mālāan Lubadāan  | 090.006 He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance! | يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالا ً لُبَدا ً |
'Ayaĥsabu 'An Lam Yarahu 'Aĥadun  | 090.007 Thinketh he that none beholdeth him? | أَيَحْسَبُ أَنْ لَمْ يَرَهُ~ُ أَحَد ٌ |
'Alam Naj`al Lahu `Aynayni  | 090.008 Have We not made for him a pair of eyes?- | أَلَمْ نَجْعَلْ لَه ُُ عَيْنَيْنِ |
Wa Lisānāan Wa Shafatayni  | 090.009 And a tongue, and a pair of lips?- | وَلِسَانا ً وَشَفَتَيْنِ |
Wa Hadaynāhu An-Najdayni  | 090.010 And shown him the two highways? | وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِ |
Falā Aqtaĥama Al-`Aqabaha  | 090.011 But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep. | فَلاَ اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ |
Wa Mā 'Adrāka Mā Al-`Aqabahu  | 090.012 And what will explain to thee the path that is steep?- | وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ |
Fakku Raqabahin  | 090.013 (It is:) freeing the bondman; | فَكُّ رَقَبَة ٍ |
'Aw 'Iţ`āmun Fī Yawmin Dhī Masghabahin  | 090.014 Or the giving of food in a day of privation | أَوْ إِطْعَام ٌ فِي يَوْم ٍ ذِي مَسْغَبَة ٍ |
Yatīmāan Dhā Maqrabahin  | 090.015 To the orphan with claims of relationship, | يَتِيما ً ذَا مَقْرَبَة ٍ |
'Aw Miskīnāan Dhā Matrabahin  | 090.016 Or to the indigent (down) in the dust. | أَوْ مِسْكِينا ً ذَا مَتْرَبَة ٍ |
Thumma Kāna Mina Al-Ladhīna 'Āmanū Wa Tawāşaw Biş-Şabri Wa Tawāşaw Bil-Marĥamahi  | 090.017 Then will he be of those who believe, and enjoin patience, (constancy, and self-restraint), and enjoin deeds of kindness and compassion. | ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْمَرْحَمَةِ |
'Ūlā'ika 'Aşĥābu Al-Maymanahi  | 090.018 Such are the Companions of the Right Hand. | أُوْلَائِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ |
Wa Al-Ladhīna Kafarū Bi'āyātinā Hum 'Aşĥābu Al-Mash'amahi  | 090.019 But those who reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) Companions of the Left Hand. | وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ |
`Alayhim Nārun Mu'uşadahun  | 090.020 On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round). | عَلَيْهِمْ نَار ٌ مُؤصَدَة ٌ |