Allah in the name of the most Affectionate the Merciful.

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ

1. I swear by this City;

1. لَاۤ اُقْسِمُ بِهٰذَا الْبَلَدِۙ۝۱

2. And O beloved! you are dwelling in this city;

2. وَ اَنْتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهٰذَا الْبَلَدِۙ۝۲

3. And by your father Ibrahim and his progeny that you are;

3. وَ وَالِدٍ وَّ مَا وَلَدَۙ۝۳

4. Undoubtedly, We created man in toil.

4. لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْاِنْسَانَ فِیْ كَبَدٍؕ۝۴

5. Does man think that none will overcome him?

5. اَیَحْسَبُ اَنْ لَّنْ یَّقْدِرَ عَلَیْهِ اَحَدٌۘ۝۵

6. He says, 'I have wasted heaps of wealth;

6. یَقُوْلُ اَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًاؕ۝۶

7. Does man think that none has seen him?

7. اَیَحْسَبُ اَنْ لَّمْ یَرَهٗۤ اَحَدٌؕ۝۷

8. have We not made his two eyes;

8. اَلَمْ نَجْعَلْ لَّهٗ عَیْنَیْنِۙ۝۸

9. And a tongue and two lips'?

9. وَ لِسَانًا وَّ شَفَتَیْنِۙ۝۹

10. And pointed to him the way of two raised things.

10. وَ هَدَیْنٰهُ النَّجْدَیْنِۚ۝۱۰

11. Then he hurried not to the steep valley without deliberation;

11. فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ٘ۖ۝۱۱

12. And what did you know what that valley is?

12. وَ مَاۤ اَدْرٰىكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُؕ۝۱۲

13. It is the freeing of the neck of a bondman.

13. فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍۙ۝۱۳

14. Or providing food in a day of hunger.

14. اَوْ اِطْعٰمٌ فِیْ یَوْمٍ ذِیْ مَسْغَبَةٍۙ۝۱۴

15. To an orphan near' of kin;

15. یَّتِیْمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍۙ۝۱۵

16. Or to a poor man lying in the dust.

16. اَوْ مِسْكِیْنًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍؕ۝۱۶

17. Again, he should he of those who believed and counseled among themselves to be steadfast and counseled among themselves to be merciful.

17. ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْا وَ تَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ وَ تَوَاصَوْا بِالْمَرْحَمَةِؕ۝۱۷

18. These are the people of the right .

18. اُولٰٓىِٕكَ اَصْحٰبُ الْمَیْمَنَةِؕ۝۱۸

19. But those who disbelieved Our signs, they are the people of , the left.

19. وَ الَّذِیْنَ كَفَرُوْا بِاٰیٰتِنَا هُمْ اَصْحٰبُ الْمَشْـَٔمَةِؕ۝۱۹

20. Over them is a fire, that after casting them therein it has been closed from above.

20. عَلَیْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌ۠۝۲۰