I swear by this city, Makkah –
Category: Chapters / Surah
90:2
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city –
90:3
And I swear by your father (Adam) and the children he begot (mankind),
Meaning:-
Begot (past of beget): To produce (children) by sexual reproduction..
90:4
We have certainly created man into hardship.
90:5
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
90:6
He shall say: I have wasted much wealth.
90:7
Does he think that no one has seen him?
90:8
Have We not given him two eyes to observe?
90:9
One tongue and two lips to control it?
90:10
Then shown him the two high ways (good leading towards paradise and evil leading towards hell)?
90:11
But he would not attempt the uphill road,
90:12
And what will make you comprehend what the uphill road is?
Meaning:-
Comprehend: to understand something completely:
90:13
It is the freeing of a slave
90:14
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
90:15
to an orphan relative,
90:16
or to a needy in distress;
Meaning:-
Distress:extreme anxiety, sorrow, or pain.
90:17
And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.
90:18
Such are the people of the right hand (going towards paradise).
90:19
But those who disbelieve Our verses, they are the people of the left hand (going towards hell),
90:20
having fire all around them.