وَلِسَانٗا وَشَفَتَيۡنِ
(90:9) and a tongue and two lips?9
وَهَدَيۡنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجۡدَيۡنِ
(90:10) And did We not show him the two highroads (of good and evil)?0
فَلَا ٱقۡتَحَمَ ٱلۡعَقَبَةَ
(90:11) But he did not venture to scale the difficult steep.1
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡعَقَبَةُ
(90:12) And what do you know what that difficult steep is?
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
(90:13) It is freeing someone's neck from slavery;
أَوۡ إِطۡعَٰمٞ فِي يَوۡمٖ ذِي مَسۡغَبَةٖ
(90:14) or giving food on a day of hunger
يَتِيمٗا ذَا مَقۡرَبَةٍ
(90:15) to an orphan near of kin;
أَوۡ مِسۡكِينٗا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةٖ
(90:16) or to a destitute lying in dust;2
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلۡمَرۡحَمَةِ
(90:17) and, then besides this, he be one of those who believed,3
and enjoined upon one another steadfastness and enjoined upon one another compassion.4
and enjoined upon one another steadfastness and enjoined upon one another compassion.4