لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ ١
Naapa kwa Mji huu!
I swear by this city, Makkah -
Maana: "Mji Mtukufu"
لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ ١
Naapa kwa Mji huu!
I swear by this city, Makkah -
وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ ٢
Nawe unaukaa Mji huu.
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -
وَوَالِدٍۢ وَمَا وَلَدَ ٣
Na naapa kwa mzazi na alicho kizaa.
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ ٤
Hakika tumemuumba mtu katika taabu.
We have certainly created man into hardship.
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌۭ ٥
Ati anadhani hapana yeyote ataye muweza?
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًۭا لُّبَدًا ٦
Anasema: Nimeteketeza chungu ya mali.
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ ٧
Ati anadhani ya kuwa hapana yeyote anaye mwona?
Does he think that no one has seen him?
أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ ٨
Kwani hatukumpa macho mawili?
Have We not made for him two eyes?
وَلِسَانًۭا وَشَفَتَيْنِ ٩
Na ulimi, na midomo miwili?
And a tongue and two lips?
وَهَدَيْنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ ١٠
Na tukambainishia zote njia mbili?
And have shown him the two ways?
فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ ١١
Lakini hakujitoma kwenye njia ya vikwazo vya milimani.
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ ١٢
Na nini kitakujuvya ni nini njia ya vikwazo vya milimani?
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ ١٣
Kumkomboa mtumwa;
It is the freeing of a slave
أَوْ إِطْعَٰمٌۭ فِى يَوْمٍۢ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍۢ ١٤
Au kumlisha siku ya njaa
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
يَتِيمًۭا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ ١٥
Yatima aliye jamaa,
An orphan of near relationship
أَوْ مِسْكِينًۭا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍۢ ١٦
Au masikini aliye vumbini.
Or a needy person in misery
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ ١٧
Tena awe miongoni mwa walio amini na wakausiana kusubiri na wakausiana kuhurumiana.
And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ ١٨
Hao ndio watu wa kheri wa kuliani.
Those are the companions of the right.
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ ١٩
Lakini walio zikataa Ishara zetu, hao ndio watu wa shari wa kushotoni.
But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌۭ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ ٢٠
Juu yao utakuwa Moto ulio fungiwa kila upande.
Over them will be fire closed in.