Al-Balad البلد

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ لَا أُقْسِمُ بِهَـٰذَا الْبَلَدِ

bismillah ar-rahman ar-rahim la 'uqsimu bihadha al-balad

I swear by this city, Makkah -

وَأَنتَ حِلٌّ بِهَـٰذَا الْبَلَدِ

wa-anta hillun bihadha al-balad

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

وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ

wa-walid wa-ma walad

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

لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ فِي كَبَدٍ

laqad khalaqna al-insan fi kabad

We have certainly created man into hardship.

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ

a-yahsab an lan yaqdir 'alayhi ahad

Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?

يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا

yaqulu ahlaktu malan lubadan

He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُ أَحَدٌ

a-yahsab an lam yarahu ahad

Does he think that no one has seen him?

أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُ عَيْنَيْنِ

a-lam naj'al lahu 'aynayn

Have We not made for him two eyes?

وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ

wa-lisan wa-shafatayn

And a tongue and two lips?

وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِ

wa-hadaynahu an-najdayn

And have shown him the two ways?

فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ

fa-la iqtaham al-'aqabah

But he has not broken through the difficult pass.

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ

wa-ma adraka ma al-'aqabah

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

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ

fakku raqabah

It is the freeing of a slave

أَوْ إِطْعَامٌ فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي مَسْغَبَةٍ

aw it'amun fi yawmin dhi masghabatin

Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ

yatiman dha maqrabatin

An orphan of near relationship

أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ

aw miskinan dha matrabah

Or a needy person in misery

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْمَرْحَمَةِ

thumma kana min alladhina amanu wa-tawasaw bissabr wa-tawasaw bilmarhamah

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

أُولَـٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ

ula'ika ashab al-maymanah

Those are the companions of the right.

وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ

wa-alladhina kafaru bi-ayatina hum ashab al-mash'amah

But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.

عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌ

'alayhim nar mu'sadah

Over them will be fire closed in.