(1)
لَآ
Nay!
أُقْسِمُ
I swear
بِهَٰذَا
by this
ٱلْبَلَدِ
city
(2)
وَأَنتَ
And you
حِلٌّۢ
(are) free (to dwell)
بِهَٰذَا
in this
ٱلْبَلَدِ
city
(3)
وَوَالِدٍ
And the begetter
وَمَا
and what
وَلَدَ
he begot
(4)
لَقَدْ
Certainly
خَلَقْنَا
We have created
ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ
man
فِى
(to be) in
كَبَدٍ
hardship
(5)
أَيَحْسَبُ
Does he think
أَن
that
لَّن
not
يَقْدِرَ
has power
عَلَيْهِ
over him
أَحَدٌ
anyone?
(6)
يَقُولُ
He will say
أَهْلَكْتُ
"I have squandered
مَالًا
wealth
لُّبَدًا
abundant"
(7)
أَيَحْسَبُ
Does he think
أَن
that
لَّمْ
not
يَرَهُۥٓ
sees him
أَحَدٌ
anyone?
(8)
أَلَمْ
Have not
نَجْعَل
We made
لَّهُۥ
for him
عَيْنَيْنِ
two eyes?
(9)
وَلِسَانًا
And a tongue
وَشَفَتَيْنِ
and two lips?
(10)
وَهَدَيْنَٰهُ
And shown him
ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ
the two ways?
(11)
فَلَا
But not
ٱقْتَحَمَ
he has attempted
ٱلْعَقَبَةَ
the steep path
(12)
وَمَآ
And what
أَدْرَىٰكَ
can make you know
مَا
what
ٱلْعَقَبَةُ
the steep path is?
(13)
فَكُّ
(It is) freeing
رَقَبَةٍ
a neck
(14)
أَوْ
Or
إِطْعَٰمٌ
feeding
فِى
in
يَوْمٍ
a day
ذِى
of
مَسْغَبَةٍ
severe hunger
(15)
يَتِيمًا
An orphan
ذَا
of
مَقْرَبَةٍ
near relationship
(16)
أَوْ
Or
مِسْكِينًا
a needy person
ذَا
in
مَتْرَبَةٍ
misery
(17)
ثُمَّ
Then
كَانَ
he is
مِنَ
of
ٱلَّذِينَ
those who
ءَامَنُوا۟
believe
وَتَوَاصَوْا۟
and enjoin each other
بِٱلصَّبْرِ
to patience
وَتَوَاصَوْا۟
and enjoin each other
بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ
to compassion
(18)
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ
Those
أَصْحَٰبُ
(are the) companions
ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ
(of) the right hand
(19)
وَٱلَّذِينَ
But those who
كَفَرُوا۟
disbelieve
بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا
in Our Verses
هُمْ
they
أَصْحَٰبُ
(are the) companions
ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ
(of) the left hand
(20)
عَلَيْهِمْ
Over them
نَارٌ
(will be the) Fire
مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ
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