فَلَا ٱقۡتَحَمَ ٱلۡعَقَبَةَ
Yet he did not make his way through the steep course,- -
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡعَقَبَةُ
- And what may let you know what the steep course is?
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
(It is) freeing of the neck of a slave,
أَوۡ إِطۡعَٰمٞ فِي يَوۡمٖ ذِي مَسۡغَبَةٖ
or giving food in a day of hunger
يَتِيمٗا ذَا مَقۡرَبَةٍ
to an orphan near of kin,
أَوۡ مِسۡكِينٗا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةٖ
or to a needy person lying in dust- -
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلۡمَرۡحَمَةِ
- then he did not join those who believe and advise each other to be patient and advise each other to be merciful.
أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ
Those are the People of the Right Hand. (i.e. their books of deeds will be given in their right hands)
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمۡ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ
As for those who reject Our verses, they are the People of the Left Hand. (i.e. their books of deeds will be given in their left hands.)