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Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali, Muhammad Muhsin Khan — 594

89:23 23. And Hell will be brought near that Day. On that Day will man remember, but how will that remembrance (then) avail him?

89:24 24. He will say: "Alas! Would that I had sent forth (good deeds) for (this) my life!"

89:25 25. So on that Day none will punish as He will punish.

89:26 26. And none will bind (the wicked, disbelievers and polytheists) as He will bind.

89:27 27. (It will be said to the pious believers of Islamic Monotheism): "O (you) the one in (complete) rest and satisfaction!

89:28 28. "Come back to your Lord well-pleased (yourself) and well-pleasing (unto Him)!

89:29 29. "Enter you then among My (honoured) slaves,

89:30 30. "And enter you My Paradise!"

90:1 1. I swear by this city (Makkah);

90:2 2. And you are free (from sin, and to punish the enemies of Islâm on the Day of the conquest) in this city (Makkah).[1]

90:3 3. And by the begetter (i.e. Adam عليه السلام) and that which he begot (i.e. his progeny).

90:4 4. Verily, We have created man in toil.

90:5 5. Does he think that none can overcome him?

90:6 6. He says (boastfully): "I have wasted wealth in abundance!"

90:7 7. Does he think that none sees him?

90:8 8. Have We not made for him two eyes,

90:9 9. And a tongue and two lips?

90:10 10. And shown him the two ways (good and evil)?

90:11 11. But he has not attempted to pass on the path that is steep (i.e. the path which will lead to goodness and success).

90:12 12. And what will make you know the path that is steep?

90:13 13. (It is) freeing a neck (slave)[2]

90:14 14. Or giving food in a day of hunger (famine),

90:15 15. To an orphan near of kin.

90:16 16. Or to a Miskîn (poor) cleaving to dust (out of misery).

90:17 17. Then he became one of those who believed (in the Islamic Monotheism) and recommended one another to perseverance and patience, and (also) recommended one another to pity and compassion.

90:18 18. They are those on the Right Hand (i.e. the dwellers of Paradise),