English - Chapter 90 - Al-Balad

I swear by this city (Makkah, where it is prohibited to harm anyone)

you (O Muhammad) are free (from sin to punish the enemies of Islam) in this city (Makkah)

and by the father (Adam) and the children which he begot (mankind)

Does human think that none can overcome them

Human says (boastfully): “I have wasted wealth in abundance!”

Does human thinks that none sees them

Have We not made for them a pair of eyes (to see)

And a tongue and a pair of lips (to control)

And shown him the 2 ways (good and evil)

Yet, human has not attempted to pass on the steep path (Aqabah)

And what will make you know what the steep path is

(It is) the freeing of a neck (slave from bondage)

or giving food in a day of hunger (famine)

to an orphan relative

or to a poor clinging to dust (out of misery)

then human should be one of those who believe, recommend one another to the patience, and recommend one another to kindness and compassion

They are the people of the Right Hand (people of Paradise)

But those who disbelieve in Our revelations, they are the people of the left hand (people of hell)

with the fire all around them