بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ لَا أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ
I do not (need to) swear by this town (Mecca)
وَأَنْتَ حِلٌّ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ
in which you are now living
وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ
or by the great father and his wonderful son (Abraham and Ishmael)
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنْسَانَ فِي كَبَدٍ
that We have created the human being to face a great deal of hardship.
أَيَحْسَبُ أَنْ لَنْ يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ
Does He think that no one will ever have control over him?
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُبَدًا
(He boasts and shows off) saying, "I have spent a great deal of money (for the cause of God)".
أَيَحْسَبُ أَنْ لَمْ يَرَهُ أَحَدٌ
Does he think that no one has seen him?
أَلَمْ نَجْعَلْ لَهُ عَيْنَيْنِ
Have We not given him two eyes,
وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ
a tongue, and two lips?
وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِ
Have We not shown him the ways of good and evil?
فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ
Yet, he has not entered into Aqaba
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ
Would that you knew what Aqaba is!
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
It is the setting free of a slave
أَوْ إِطْعَامٌ فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي مَسْغَبَةٍ
or, in a day of famine, the feeding of
يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ
an orphaned relative
أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ
and downtrodden destitute person, (so that he would be of)
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْمَرْحَمَةِ
the believers who cooperate with others in patience (steadfastness) and kindness.
أُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ
These are the people of the right hand.
وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ
As for those who disbelieve in Our revelations, they are the people of the left
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُؤْصَدَةٌ
who will be engulfed in the fire.