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Translation of the meanings Surah: Al-Balad   Ayah:
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Al-Balad

Ayah: 1

لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ
I do swear by this city [of Makkah] –
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Ayah: 2

وَأَنتَ حِلُّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ
and you are free of restriction [for a while] in this city[1] –
[1] To punish the enemies of Islam on the Conquest Day.
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Ayah: 3

وَوَالِدٖ وَمَا وَلَدَ
and by every parent[2] and his offspring,
[2] i.e., Adam.
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Ayah: 4

لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ فِي كَبَدٍ
We have created man in hardship.
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Ayah: 5

أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ أَحَدٞ
Does he think that none can ever have power over him?
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Ayah: 6

يَقُولُ أَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالٗا لُّبَدًا
He says, “I have squandered enormous wealth!”
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Ayah: 7

أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّمۡ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
Does he think that no one sees him?
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Ayah: 8

أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ عَيۡنَيۡنِ
Have We not given him two eyes,
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Ayah: 9

وَلِسَانٗا وَشَفَتَيۡنِ
and a tongue and two lips,
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Ayah: 10

وَهَدَيۡنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجۡدَيۡنِ
and shown him the two ways [of right and wrong]?
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Ayah: 11

فَلَا ٱقۡتَحَمَ ٱلۡعَقَبَةَ
Yet he did not make his way through the steep path[3],
[3] He did not spend for the sake of Allah but to show off.
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Ayah: 12

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡعَقَبَةُ
and how do you know what the steep path is?
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Ayah: 13

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
It is freeing a slave,
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Ayah: 14

أَوۡ إِطۡعَٰمٞ فِي يَوۡمٖ ذِي مَسۡغَبَةٖ
or giving food on a day of hunger,
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Ayah: 15

يَتِيمٗا ذَا مَقۡرَبَةٍ
to an orphan relative,
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Ayah: 16

أَوۡ مِسۡكِينٗا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةٖ
or to a needy person in misery,
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Ayah: 17

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلۡمَرۡحَمَةِ
then [most importantly] to be one of those who believe and exhort one another to patience and exhort one another to compassion.
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Ayah: 18

أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ
Such are the people of the Right[4].
[4] i.e., those who receive the records of their deeds in the right hand and proceed to Paradise.
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Ayah: 19

وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمۡ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ
As for those who reject Our signs, they are the people of the Left[5],
[5] i.e., those who receive the records of their deeds in the left hand and proceed to Hellfire.
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Ayah: 20

عَلَيۡهِمۡ نَارٞ مُّؤۡصَدَةُۢ
who will be locked up in the Fire.
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