La oqsimu bihatha albaladi
I swear by this city, Makkah -
Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -
Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin
We have certainly created man into hardship.
Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun
Does he think that no one has seen him?
Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati
And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.
Olaika ashabu almaymanati
Those are the companions of the right.
Waallatheena kafaroo biayatina hum ashabu almashamati
But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.