90. Beled · verses 6–16

يَقُولُ أَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالٗا لُّبَدًا

Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan

He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance!

أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّمۡ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun

Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?

أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ عَيۡنَيۡنِ

Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni

Have We not made for him a pair of eyes?-

وَلِسَانٗا وَشَفَتَيۡنِ

Walisanan washafatayni

And a tongue, and a pair of lips?-

وَهَدَيۡنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجۡدَيۡنِ

Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni

And shown him the two highways?

فَلَا ٱقۡتَحَمَ ٱلۡعَقَبَةَ

Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata

But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep.

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡعَقَبَةُ

Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu

And what will explain to thee the path that is steep?-

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ

Fakku raqabatin

(It is:) freeing the bondman;

أَوۡ إِطۡعَٰمٞ فِي يَوۡمٖ ذِي مَسۡغَبَةٖ

Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin

Or the giving of food in a day of privation

يَتِيمٗا ذَا مَقۡرَبَةٍ

Yateeman tha maqrabatin

To the orphan with claims of relationship,

أَوۡ مِسۡكِينٗا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةٖ

Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin

Or to the indigent (down) in the dust.