Al-Balad

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 1

   لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ

   I swear by this city, Makkah

2. 2

   وَأَنتَ حِلُّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ

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

3. 3

   وَوَالِدٖ وَمَا وَلَدَ

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

4. 4

   لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ فِي كَبَدٍ

   We have certainly created man into hardship

5. 5

   أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ أَحَدٞ

   Does he think that never will anyone overcome him

6. 6

   يَقُولُ أَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالٗا لُّبَدًا

   He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance

7. 7

   أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّمۡ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

   Does he think that no one has seen him

8. 8

   أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ عَيۡنَيۡنِ

   Have We not made for him two eyes

9. 9

   وَلِسَانٗا وَشَفَتَيۡنِ

   And a tongue and two lips

10. 10

    وَهَدَيۡنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجۡدَيۡنِ

    And have shown him the two ways

11. 11

    فَلَا ٱقۡتَحَمَ ٱلۡعَقَبَةَ

    But he has not broken through the difficult pass

12. 12

    وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡعَقَبَةُ

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

13. 13

    فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ

    It is the freeing of a slave

14. 14

    أَوۡ إِطۡعَٰمٞ فِي يَوۡمٖ ذِي مَسۡغَبَةٖ

    Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

15. 15

    يَتِيمٗا ذَا مَقۡرَبَةٍ

    An orphan of near relationship

16. 16

    أَوۡ مِسۡكِينٗا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةٖ

    Or a needy person in misery

17. 17

    ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلۡمَرۡحَمَةِ

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

18. 18

    أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ

    Those are the companions of the right

19. 19

    وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمۡ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ

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

20. 20

    عَلَيۡهِمۡ نَارٞ مُّؤۡصَدَةُۢ

    Over them will be fire closed in

Translation by Umm Muhammad (Saheeh International). Text from quran-json (Risan Bagja Pradana); Uthmani text from The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia, translations from Tanzil.net, CC BY-SA 4.0, copied verbatim. Sources and licences.