فَلَا But not falā he has attempted iq'taḥama the steep path l-ʿaqabata
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
وَمَآ And what wamā can make you know adrāka what mā the steep path (is) l-ʿaqabatu
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
أَوْ Or aw feeding iṭ'ʿāmun in fī a day yawmin of dhī severe hunger masghabatin
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
يَتِيمًۭا An orphan yatīman of dhā near relationship maqrabatin
An orphan of near relationship
أَوْ Or aw a needy person mis'kīnan in dhā misery matrabatin
Or a needy person in misery
ثُمَّ Then thumma he is kāna of mina those who alladhīna believe āmanū and enjoin (each other) watawāṣaw to patience bil-ṣabri and enjoin (each other) watawāṣaw to compassion bil-marḥamati
And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ Those ulāika (are the) companions aṣḥābu (of) the right (hand) l-maymanati
Those are the companions of the right.
وَٱلَّذِينَ But those who wa-alladhīna disbelieve kafarū in Our Verses biāyātinā they hum (are the) companions aṣḥābu (of) the left (hand) l-mashamati
But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.
عَلَيْهِمْ Over them ʿalayhim (will be the) Fire nārun closed in mu'ṣadatun
Over them will be fire closed in.