Al-Balad

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ لَا أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ

No! I swear by this land,

وَأَنْتَ حِلٌّ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ

and thou art a lodger in this land;

وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ

by the begetter, and that he begot,

لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنْسَانَ فِي كَبَدٍ

indeed, We created man in trouble.

أَيَحْسَبُ أَنْ لَنْ يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ

What, does he think none has power over him,

يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُبَدًا

saying, 'I have consumed wealth abundant'?

أَيَحْسَبُ أَنْ لَمْ يَرَهُ أَحَدٌ

What, does he think none has seen him?

أَلَمْ نَجْعَلْ لَهُ عَيْنَيْنِ

Have We not appointed to him two eyes,

وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ

and a tongue, and two lips,

وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِ

and guided him on the two highways?

فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ

Yet he has not assaulted the steep;

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ

and what shall teach thee what is the steep?

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ

The freeing of a slave,

أَوْ إِطْعَامٌ فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي مَسْغَبَةٍ

or giving food upon a day of hunger

يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ

to an orphan near of kin

أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ

or a needy man in misery;

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْمَرْحَمَةِ

then that he become of those who believe and counsel each other to be steadfast, and counsel each other to be merciful.

أُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ

Those are the Companions of the Right Hand.

وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ

And those who disbelieve in Our signs, they are the Companions of the Left Hand;

عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُؤْصَدَةٌ

over them is a Fire covered down.