لَا٘ اُقۡسِمُ بِهٰذَا الۡبَلَدِۙ‏

I swear by this city, Makkah

وَاَنۡتَ حِلٌّۭ بِهٰذَا الۡبَلَدِۙ‏

And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city

وَوَالِدٍ وَّمَا وَلَدَۙ‏

And [by] the father and that which was born [of him]

لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا الۡاِنۡسَانَ فِيۡ كَبَدٍؕ‏

We have certainly created man into hardship

اَيَحۡسَبُ اَنۡ لَّنۡ يَّقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ اَحَدٌۘ‏

Does he think that never will anyone overcome him

يَقُوۡلُ اَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًاؕ‏

He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance

اَيَحۡسَبُ اَنۡ لَّمۡ يَرَهٗ٘ اَحَدٌؕ‏

Does he think that no one has seen him

اَلَمۡ نَجۡعَلۡ لَّهٗ عَيۡنَيۡنِۙ‏

Have We not made for him two eyes

وَلِسَانًا وَّشَفَتَيۡنِۙ‏

And a tongue and two lips

وَهَدَيۡنٰهُ النَّجۡدَيۡنِۚ‏

And have shown him the two ways

فَلَا اقۡتَحَمَ الۡعَقَبَةَؗۖ‏

But he has not broken through the difficult pass

وَمَا٘ اَدۡرٰىكَ مَا الۡعَقَبَةُؕ‏

And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍۙ‏

It is the freeing of a slave

اَوۡ اِطۡعٰمٌ فِيۡ يَوۡمٍ ذِيۡ مَسۡغَبَةٍۙ‏

Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

يَّتِيۡمًا ذَا مَقۡرَبَةٍۙ‏

An orphan of near relationship

اَوۡ مِسۡكِيۡنًا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةٍؕ‏

Or a needy person in misery

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِيۡنَ اٰمَنُوۡا وَتَوَاصَوۡا بِالصَّبۡرِ وَتَوَاصَوۡا بِالۡمَرۡحَمَةِؕ‏

And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion

اُولٰٓئِكَ اَصۡحٰبُ الۡمَيۡمَنَةِؕ‏

Those are the companions of the right

وَالَّذِيۡنَ كَفَرُوۡا بِاٰيٰتِنَا هُمۡ اَصۡحٰبُ الۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِؕ‏

But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left

عَلَيۡهِمۡ نَارٌ مُّؤۡصَدَةٌࣖ‏

Over them will be fire closed in