بِسمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحمـٰنِ الرَّحيمِ لا أُقسِمُ بِهـٰذَا البَلَدِ

Nay, I swear by this city.

وَأَنتَ حِلٌّ بِهـٰذَا البَلَدِ

And you are a dweller in this city.

وَوالِدٍ وَما وَلَدَ

And by a parent and what he fathered.

لَقَد خَلَقنَا الإِنسانَ في كَبَدٍ

We created man in struggle.

أَيَحسَبُ أَن لَن يَقدِرَ عَلَيهِ أَحَدٌ

Does he think that no one can overpower him?

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?

فَلَا اقتَحَمَ العَقَبَةَ

Yet he didn’t attempt the Ascent.