لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ
La oqsimu bihatha albaladi
I swear by this city, Makkah
وَأَنتَ حِلُّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ
Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city
وَوَالِدٖ وَمَا وَلَدَ
Wawalidin wama walada
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him]
لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ فِي كَبَدٍ
Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin
We have certainly created man into hardship
أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ أَحَدٞ
Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him
يَقُولُ أَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالٗا لُّبَدًا
Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance
أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّمۡ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun
Does he think that no one has seen him
أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ عَيۡنَيۡنِ
Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni
Have We not made for him two eyes
وَلِسَانٗا وَشَفَتَيۡنِ
Walisanan washafatayni
And a tongue and two lips
وَهَدَيۡنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجۡدَيۡنِ
Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni
And have shown him the two ways
فَلَا ٱقۡتَحَمَ ٱلۡعَقَبَةَ
Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata
But he has not broken through the difficult pass
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡعَقَبَةُ
Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
Fakku raqabatin
It is the freeing of a slave
أَوۡ إِطۡعَٰمٞ فِي يَوۡمٖ ذِي مَسۡغَبَةٖ
Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
يَتِيمٗا ذَا مَقۡرَبَةٍ
Yateeman tha maqrabatin
An orphan of near relationship
أَوۡ مِسۡكِينٗا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةٖ
Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin
Or a needy person in misery
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلۡمَرۡحَمَةِ
Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati
And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion
أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ
Olaika ashabu almaymanati
Those are the companions of the right
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمۡ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ
Waallatheena kafaroo biayatina hum ashabu almashamati
But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left
عَلَيۡهِمۡ نَارٞ مُّؤۡصَدَةُۢ
AAalayhim narun musadatun
Over them will be fire closed in