فَلَا ٱقۡتَحَمَ ٱلۡعَقَبَةَ
Yet he has not rushed along the uneven (Or: steep) track.
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡعَقَبَةُ
And what makes you realize what the uneven track is?
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
It is the freeing of a slave, (Literally: the untying of a neck)
أَوۡ إِطۡعَٰمٞ فِي يَوۡمٖ ذِي مَسۡغَبَةٖ
Or feeding upon a day of famine.
يَتِيمٗا ذَا مَقۡرَبَةٍ
An orphan of (Literally: owning) near relationship,
أَوۡ مِسۡكِينٗا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةٖ
Or an indigent man in starvation; (Literally: in dusty circumstances)
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلۡمَرۡحَمَةِ
Thereafter he is one of the ones who believed, and enjoined one another to have patience, and enjoined one another to do merciful deeds.
أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ
Those are the companions of the position of Rightness.
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمۡ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ
And the ones who disbelieve in Our signs, they are the companions of the position of sinister (befalling); (Or: the Hand)