Al-Balad
The City
سورة البلد
لَا أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ
音译
Laaa uqsimu bihaazal balad
翻译
I swear by this city, Makkah -
وَأَنْتَ حِلٌّ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ
音译
Wa anta hillum bihaazal balad
翻译
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -
وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ
音译
Wa waalidinw wa maa walad
翻译
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنْسَانَ فِي كَبَدٍ
音译
Laqad khalaqnal insaana fee kabad
翻译
We have certainly created man into hardship.
أَيَحْسَبُ أَنْ لَنْ يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ
音译
Ayahsabu al-lai yaqdira 'alaihi ahad
翻译
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُبَدًا
音译
Yaqoolu ahlaktu maalal lubadaa
翻译
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
أَيَحْسَبُ أَنْ لَمْ يَرَهُ أَحَدٌ
音译
Ayahsabu al lam yarahooo ahad
翻译
Does he think that no one has seen him?
أَلَمْ نَجْعَلْ لَهُ عَيْنَيْنِ
音译
Alam naj'al lahoo 'aynayn
翻译
Have We not made for him two eyes?
وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ
音译
Wa lisaananw wa shafatayn
翻译
And a tongue and two lips?
وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِ
音译
Wa hadaynaahun najdayn
翻译
And have shown him the two ways?
فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ
音译
Falaq tahamal-'aqabah
翻译
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ
音译
Wa maaa adraaka mal'aqabah
翻译
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
音译
Fakku raqabah
翻译
It is the freeing of a slave
أَوْ إِطْعَامٌ فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي مَسْغَبَةٍ
音译
Aw it'aamun fee yawmin zee masghabah
翻译
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ
音译
Yateeman zaa maqrabah
翻译
An orphan of near relationship
أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ
音译
Aw miskeenan zaa matrabah
翻译
Or a needy person in misery
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْمَرْحَمَةِ
音译
Summa kaana minal lazeena aamanoo wa tawaasaw bissabri wa tawaasaw bilmarhamah
翻译
And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.
أُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ
音译
Ulaaa'ika As-haabul maimanah
翻译
Those are the companions of the right.
وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ
音译
Wallazeena kafaroo bi aayaatinaa hum as-haabul Mash'amah
翻译
But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُؤْصَدَةٌ
音译
Alaihim naarum mu'sadah
翻译
Over them will be fire closed in.