يَقولُ أَهلَكتُ مالًا لُبَدًا

He boasts, “I have squandered a great wealth.”

أَيَحسَبُ أَن لَم يَرَهُ أَحَدٌ

Does he think that none sees him?

أَلَم نَجعَل لَهُ عَينَينِ

Didn’t We give him two eyes?

وَلِسانًا وَشَفَتَينِ

And a tongue and two lips?

وَهَدَيناهُ النَّجدَينِ

And We guided him to the two diverging ways?

وَما أَدراكَ مَا العَقَبَةُ

And what will make you comprehend what theAscent is?

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ

It is the freeing of a slave.

أَو إِطعامٌ في يَومٍ ذي مَسغَبَةٍ

Or providing food on a day of widespread hunger.

يَتيمًا ذا مَقرَبَةٍ

To a related orphan.

أَو مِسكينًا ذا مَترَبَةٍ

Or to a destitute in misery.