Al-Balad

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 1I swear by this city, Makkah -لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ۝١
2. 2And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ۝٢
3. 3And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ۝٣
4. 4We have certainly created man into hardship.لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ۝٤
5. 5Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ۝٥
6. 6He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا۝٦
7. 7Does he think that no one has seen him?أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ۝٧
8. 8Have We not made for him two eyes?أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ۝٨
9. 9And a tongue and two lips?وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ۝٩
10. 10And have shown him the two ways?وَهَدَيْنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ۝١٠
11. 11But he has not broken through the difficult pass.فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ۝١١
12. 12And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ۝١٢
13. 13It is the freeing of a slaveفَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ۝١٣
14. 14Or feeding on a day of severe hungerأَوْ إِطْعَٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ۝١٤
15. 15An orphan of near relationshipيَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ۝١٥
16. 16Or a needy person in miseryأَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ۝١٦
17. 17And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ۝١٧
18. 18Those are the companions of the right.أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ۝١٨
19. 19But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ۝١٩
20. 20Over them will be fire closed in.عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ۝٢٠

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