Surah Al-Balad
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- لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ1
I swear by this city, Makkah
- وَأَنتَ حِلُّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ2
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city
- وَوَالِدٖ وَمَا وَلَدَ3
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him]
- لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ فِي كَبَدٍ4
We have certainly created man into hardship
- أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ أَحَدٞ5
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him
- يَقُولُ أَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالٗا لُّبَدًا6
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance
- أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّمۡ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ7
Does he think that no one has seen him
- أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ عَيۡنَيۡنِ8
Have We not made for him two eyes
- وَلِسَانٗا وَشَفَتَيۡنِ9
And a tongue and two lips
- وَهَدَيۡنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجۡدَيۡنِ10
And have shown him the two ways
- فَلَا ٱقۡتَحَمَ ٱلۡعَقَبَةَ11
But he has not broken through the difficult pass
- وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡعَقَبَةُ12
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass
- فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ13
It is the freeing of a slave
- أَوۡ إِطۡعَٰمٞ فِي يَوۡمٖ ذِي مَسۡغَبَةٖ14
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
- يَتِيمٗا ذَا مَقۡرَبَةٍ15
An orphan of near relationship
- أَوۡ مِسۡكِينٗا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةٖ16
Or a needy person in misery
- ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلۡمَرۡحَمَةِ17
And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion
- أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ18
Those are the companions of the right
- وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمۡ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ19
But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left
- عَلَيۡهِمۡ نَارٞ مُّؤۡصَدَةُۢ20
Over them will be fire closed in