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Al-Balad

English Translation - Saheeh International

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{بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ لَا أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ}

(1) I swear by this city [i.e., Makkah]

{وَأَنْتَ حِلٌّ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ}

(2) And you, [O Muḥammad], are free of restriction in this city

{وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ}

(3) And [by] the father[1924] and that which was born [of him],

{لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنْسَانَ فِي كَبَدٍ}

(4) We have certainly created man into hardship.

{أَيَحْسَبُ أَنْ لَنْ يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ}

(5) Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?

{يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُبَدًا}

(6) He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."

{أَيَحْسَبُ أَنْ لَمْ يَرَهُ أَحَدٌ}

(7) Does he think that no one has seen him?

{أَلَمْ نَجْعَلْ لَهُ عَيْنَيْنِ}

(8) Have We not made for him two eyes?

{وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ}

(9) And a tongue and two lips?

{وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِ}

(10) And have shown him the two ways?[1925]

{فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ}

(11) But he has not broken through the difficult pass.[1926]

{وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ}

(12) And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?

{فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ}

(13) It is the freeing of a slave

{أَوْ إِطْعَامٌ فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي مَسْغَبَةٍ}

(14) Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

{يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ}

(15) An orphan of near relationship

{أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ}

(16) Or a needy person in misery

{ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْمَرْحَمَةِ}

(17) And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.

{أُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ}

(18) Those are the companions of the right.[1927]

{وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ}

(19) But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.[1928]

{عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُؤْصَدَةٌ}

(20) Over them will be fire closed in.[1929]

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