length: 20 ayahs
revelation: Meccan
90:1
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِیمِ لَاۤ أُقۡسِمُ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ
No! I swear by this land,
90:2
وَأَنتَ حِلُّۢ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ
and thou art a lodger in this land;
90:3
وَوَالِدࣲ وَمَا وَلَدَ
by the begetter, and that he begot,
90:4
لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنَ فِی كَبَدٍ
indeed, We created man in trouble.
90:5
أَیَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّن یَقۡدِرَ عَلَیۡهِ أَحَدࣱ
What, does he think none has power over him,
90:6
یَقُولُ أَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالࣰا لُّبَدًا
saying, 'I have consumed wealth abundant'?
90:7
أَیَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّمۡ یَرَهُۥۤ أَحَدٌ
What, does he think none has seen him?
90:8
أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ عَیۡنَیۡنِ
Have We not appointed to him two eyes,
90:9
وَلِسَانࣰا وَشَفَتَیۡنِ
and a tongue, and two lips,
90:10
وَهَدَیۡنَـٰهُ ٱلنَّجۡدَیۡنِ
and guided him on the two highways?
90:11
فَلَا ٱقۡتَحَمَ ٱلۡعَقَبَةَ
Yet he has not assaulted the steep;
90:12
وَمَاۤ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡعَقَبَةُ
and what shall teach thee what is the steep?
90:13
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
The freeing of a slave,
90:14
أَوۡ إِطۡعَـٰمࣱ فِی یَوۡمࣲ ذِی مَسۡغَبَةࣲ
or giving food upon a day of hunger
90:15
یَتِیمࣰا ذَا مَقۡرَبَةٍ
to an orphan near of kin
90:16
أَوۡ مِسۡكِینࣰا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةࣲ
or a needy man in misery;
90:17
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِینَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوۡا۟ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ وَتَوَاصَوۡا۟ بِٱلۡمَرۡحَمَةِ
then that he become of those who believe and counsel each other to be steadfast, and counsel each other to be merciful.
90:18
أُو۟لَـٰۤىِٕكَ أَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلۡمَیۡمَنَةِ
Those are the Companions of the Right Hand.
90:19
وَٱلَّذِینَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔایَـٰتِنَا هُمۡ أَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ
And those who disbelieve in Our signs, they are the Companions of the Left Hand;
90:20
عَلَیۡهِمۡ نَارࣱ مُّؤۡصَدَةُۢ
over them is a Fire covered down.