بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ ﴿1﴾
Ruwwad
I do swear by this city [of Makkah] –
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وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ ﴿2﴾
Ruwwad
and you are free of restriction [for a while] in this city[1] –
وَوَالِدٍۢ وَمَا وَلَدَ ﴿3﴾
Ruwwad
and by every parent[2] and his offspring,
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ ﴿4﴾
Ruwwad
We have created man in hardship.
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌۭ ﴿5﴾
Ruwwad
Does he think that none can ever have power over him?
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًۭا لُّبَدًا ﴿6﴾
Ruwwad
He says, “I have squandered enormous wealth!”
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ ﴿7﴾
Ruwwad
Does he think that no one sees him?
أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ ﴿8﴾
Ruwwad
Have We not given him two eyes,
وَلِسَانًۭا وَشَفَتَيْنِ ﴿9﴾
Ruwwad
and a tongue and two lips,
وَهَدَيْنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ ﴿10﴾
Ruwwad
and shown him the two ways [of right and wrong]?
فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ ﴿11﴾
Ruwwad
Yet he did not make his way through the steep path[3],
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ ﴿12﴾
Ruwwad
and how do you know what the steep path is?
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ ﴿13﴾
Ruwwad
It is freeing a slave,
أَوْ إِطْعَٰمٌۭ فِى يَوْمٍۢ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍۢ ﴿14﴾
Ruwwad
or giving food on a day of hunger,
يَتِيمًۭا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ ﴿15﴾
Ruwwad
to an orphan relative,
أَوْ مِسْكِينًۭا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍۢ ﴿16﴾
Ruwwad
or to a needy person in misery,
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ ﴿17﴾
Ruwwad
then [most importantly] to be one of those who believe and exhort one another to patience and exhort one another to compassion.
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ ﴿18﴾
Ruwwad
Such are the people of the Right[4].
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ ﴿19﴾
Ruwwad
As for those who reject Our signs, they are the people of the Left[5],
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌۭ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ ﴿20﴾
Ruwwad
who will be locked up in the Fire.