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Verse 90:1

لَاۤ اُقۡسِمُ بِهٰذَا الۡبَلَدِۙ‏

Nay, I present this very Town as witness.

Verse 90:2

وَاَنۡتَ حِلٌّ ۢ بِهٰذَا الۡبَلَدِۙ‏

The Town where (O Prophet) you have lived.

Verse 90:3

وَوَالِدٍ وَّمَا وَلَدَ ۙ‏

And where your ancestors have multiplied.

Verse 90:4

لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا الۡاِنۡسَانَ فِىۡ كَبَدٍؕ‏

We have created the human being for struggle and toil. [This is the Town where Abraham and Ishmael labored, and where you began your strife to raise the Name of your Lord. 2:125-127]

Verse 90:5

اَيَحۡسَبُ اَنۡ لَّنۡ يَّقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ اَحَدٌ​ ۘ‏

Does he think that none has power over him?

Verse 90:6

يَقُوۡلُ اَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا ؕ‏

He keeps boasting, 'I have wasted so much wealth!'

Verse 90:7

اَيَحۡسَبُ اَنۡ لَّمۡ يَرَهٗۤ اَحَدٌ ؕ‏

What! Does he think that no one sees him? [How much and where he spends it]

Verse 90:8

اَلَمۡ نَجۡعَلۡ لَّهٗ عَيۡنَيۡنِۙ‏

Did We not give him two eyes? ['Ainain = Two physical eyes = The sense of sight, and vision of the heart = Sight and insight]

Verse 90:9

وَلِسَانًا وَّشَفَتَيۡنِۙ‏

And a tongue and a pair of lips? [The ability to speak and converse meaningfully]

Verse 90:10

وَهَدَيۡنٰهُ النَّجۡدَيۡنِ​ۚ‏

And shown him the two highways? [Of virtue and vice]

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