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Al-Balad

English Translation - Hilali and Khan

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{بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ لَا أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ}

1. I swear by this city (Makkah);

{وَأَنْتَ حِلٌّ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ}

2. And you are free (from sin, and to punish the enemies of Islâm on the Day of the conquest) in this city (Makkah).[1]

{وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ}

3. And by the begetter (i.e. Adam عليه السلام) and that which he begot (i.e. his progeny).

{لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنْسَانَ فِي كَبَدٍ}

4. Verily, We have created man in toil.

{أَيَحْسَبُ أَنْ لَنْ يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ}

5. Does he think that none can overcome him?

{يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُبَدًا}

6. He says (boastfully): "I have wasted wealth in abundance!"

{أَيَحْسَبُ أَنْ لَمْ يَرَهُ أَحَدٌ}

7. Does he think that none sees 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 shown him the two ways (good and evil)?

{فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ}

11. But he has not attempted to pass on the path that is steep (i.e. the path which will lead to goodness and success).

{وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ}

12. And what will make you know the path that is steep?

{فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ}

13. (It is) freeing a neck (slave)[2]

{أَوْ إِطْعَامٌ فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي مَسْغَبَةٍ}

14. Or giving food in a day of hunger (famine),

{يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ}

15. To an orphan near of kin.

{أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ}

16. Or to a Miskîn (poor) cleaving to dust (out of misery).

{ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْمَرْحَمَةِ}

17. Then he became one of those who believed (in the Islamic Monotheism) and recommended one another to perseverance and patience, and (also) recommended one another to pity and compassion.

{أُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ}

18. They are those on the Right Hand (i.e. the dwellers of Paradise),

{وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ}

19. But those who disbelieved in Our Ayât (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.), they are those on the Left Hand (the dwellers of Hell).

{عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُؤْصَدَةٌ}

20. The Fire will be shut over them (i.e. they will be enveloped by the Fire without any opening or window or outlet.[3]

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