| Lā 'Uqsimu Bihadhā Al-Baladi | 090.001 I do call to witness this City;- |
| Wa 'Anta Ĥillun Bihadhā Al-Baladi | 090.002 And thou art a freeman of this City;- |
| Wa Wālidin Wa Mā Walada | 090.003 And (the mystic ties of) parent and child;- |
| Laqad Khalaqnā Al-'Insāna Fī Kabadin | 090.004 Verily We have created man into toil and struggle. |
| 'Ayaĥsabu 'An Lan Yaqdira `Alayhi 'Aĥadun | 090.005 Thinketh he, that none hath power over him? |
| Yaqūlu 'Ahlaktu Mālāan Lubadāan | 090.006 He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance! |
| 'Ayaĥsabu 'An Lam Yarahu 'Aĥadun | 090.007 Thinketh he that none beholdeth him? |
| 'Alam Naj`al Lahu `Aynayni | 090.008 Have We not made for him a pair of eyes?- |
| Wa Lisānāan Wa Shafatayni | 090.009 And a tongue, and a pair of lips?- |
| Wa Hadaynāhu An-Najdayni | 090.010 And shown him the two highways? |
| Falā Aqtaĥama Al-`Aqabaha | 090.011 But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep. |
| Wa Mā 'Adrāka Mā Al-`Aqabahu | 090.012 And what will explain to thee the path that is steep?- |
| Fakku Raqabahin | 090.013 (It is:) freeing the bondman; |
| 'Aw 'Iţ`āmun Fī Yawmin Dhī Masghabahin | 090.014 Or the giving of food in a day of privation |
| Yatīmāan Dhā Maqrabahin | 090.015 To the orphan with claims of relationship, |
| 'Aw Miskīnāan Dhā Matrabahin | 090.016 Or to the indigent (down) in the dust. |
| Thumma Kāna Mina Al-Ladhīna 'Āmanū Wa Tawāşaw Biş-Şabri Wa Tawāşaw Bil-Marĥamahi | 090.017 Then will he be of those who believe, and enjoin patience, (constancy, and self-restraint), and enjoin deeds of kindness and compassion. |
| 'Ūlā'ika 'Aşĥābu Al-Maymanahi | 090.018 Such are the Companions of the Right Hand. |
| Wa Al-Ladhīna Kafarū Bi'āyātinā Hum 'Aşĥābu Al-Mash'amahi | 090.019 But those who reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) Companions of the Left Hand. |
| `Alayhim Nārun Mu'uşadahun | 090.020 On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round). |