بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Separate opening header from Al-Fatihah 1:1; not an extra numbered ayah.
Ayah 90:1
لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ
I do swear by this city [of Makkah] –
Ayah 90:2
وَأَنتَ حِلُّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ
and you are free of restriction [for a while] in this city[1] –
Ayah 90:3
وَوَالِدٖ وَمَا وَلَدَ
and by every parent[2] and his offspring,
Ayah 90:4
لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ فِي كَبَدٍ
We have created man in hardship.
Ayah 90:5
أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ أَحَدٞ
Does he think that none can ever have power over him?
Ayah 90:6
يَقُولُ أَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالٗا لُّبَدًا
He says, “I have squandered enormous wealth!”
Ayah 90:7
أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّمۡ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
Does he think that no one sees him?
Ayah 90:8
أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ عَيۡنَيۡنِ
Have We not given him two eyes,
Ayah 90:9
وَلِسَانٗا وَشَفَتَيۡنِ
and a tongue and two lips,
Ayah 90:10
وَهَدَيۡنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجۡدَيۡنِ
and shown him the two ways [of right and wrong]?
Ayah 90:11
فَلَا ٱقۡتَحَمَ ٱلۡعَقَبَةَ
Yet he did not make his way through the steep path[3],
Ayah 90:12
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡعَقَبَةُ
and how do you know what the steep path is?
Ayah 90:13
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
It is freeing a slave,
Ayah 90:14
أَوۡ إِطۡعَٰمٞ فِي يَوۡمٖ ذِي مَسۡغَبَةٖ
or giving food on a day of hunger,
Ayah 90:15
يَتِيمٗا ذَا مَقۡرَبَةٍ
to an orphan relative,
Ayah 90:16
أَوۡ مِسۡكِينٗا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةٖ
or to a needy person in misery,
Ayah 90:17
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلۡمَرۡحَمَةِ
then [most importantly] to be one of those who believe and exhort one another to patience and exhort one another to compassion.
Ayah 90:18
أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ
Such are the people of the Right[4].
Ayah 90:19
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمۡ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ
As for those who reject Our signs, they are the people of the Left[5],
Ayah 90:20
عَلَيۡهِمۡ نَارٞ مُّؤۡصَدَةُۢ
who will be locked up in the Fire.
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