surah.translation .
من تأليف: المنتدى الاسلامي .

(1) I swear by this city [i.e., Makkah]
(2) And you, [O Muḥammad], are free of restriction in this city
(3) And [by] the father[1924] and that which was born [of him],
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[1924]- Said to be Adam (upon him be peace).
(4) We have certainly created man into hardship.
(5) Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
(6) He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
(7) Does he think that no one has seen him?
(8) Have We not made for him two eyes?
(9) And a tongue and two lips?
(10) And have shown him the two ways?[1925]
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[1925]- Of good and evil.
(11) But he has not broken through the difficult pass.[1926]
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[1926]- i.e., the steep incline or obstacle. In other words, he has not spent in the cause of Allāh but only boasts of spending in front of others.
(12) And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
(13) It is the freeing of a slave
(14) Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
(15) An orphan of near relationship
(16) Or a needy person in misery
(17) And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.
(18) Those are the companions of the right.[1927]
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[1927]- Or "the companions of good fortune," i.e., those who receive their records in their right hands and proceed to Paradise.
(19) But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.[1928]
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[1928]- Or "the companions of ill fortune," i.e., those who receive their records in their left hands and proceed to Hell.
(20) Over them will be fire closed in.[1929]
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[1929]- The cover over Hell will be sealed and locked, containing its fire and its inhabitants.