chapter Al-Balad

البلد

Al-Balad

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِیمِ

In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful

لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ(1)

I swear by this city, Makkah -(1)

وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ(2)

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

وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ(3)

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

لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَٰنَ فِی کَبَدٍ(4)

)We have certainly created man into hardship(4)

أَیَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن یَقْدِرَ عَلَیْهِ أَحَدٌ(5)

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

یَقُولُ أَهْلَکْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا(6)

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

أَیَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ یَرَهُ أَحَدٌ(7)

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

أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُ عَیْنَیْنِ(8)

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

وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَیْنِ(9)

And a tongue and two lips?(9)

وَهَدَیْنَٰهُ النَّجْدَیْنِ(10)

And have shown him the two ways?(10)

فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ(11)

But he has not broken through the difficult pass(11)

وَمَآ أَدْرَیٰکَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ(12)

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

فَکُّ رَقَبَةٍ(13)

It is the freeing of a slave(13)

أَوْ إِطْعَٰمٌ فِی یَوْمٍ ذِی مَسْغَبَةٍ(14)

Or feeding on a day of severe hunger(14)

یَتِیمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ(15)

An orphan of near relationship(15)

أَوْ مِسْکِینًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ(16)

Or a needy person in misery(16)

ثُمَّ کَانَ مِنَ الَّذِینَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِالْمَرْحَمَةِ(17)

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

أُو۟لَٰٓئِکَ أَصْحَٰبُ الْمَیْمَنَةِ(18)

Those are the companions of the right(18))

وَالَّذِینَ کَفَرُوا۟ بَِٔایَٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَٰبُ الْمَشَْٔمَةِ(19)

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

عَلَیْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ(20)

Over them will be fire closed in(20)