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

Ayah: 1

لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ
(1) I swear by this city [i.e., Makkah] –
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Ayah: 2

وَأَنتَ حِلُّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ
(2) And you, [O Muḥammad], are free of restriction in this city –
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Ayah: 3

وَوَالِدٖ وَمَا وَلَدَ
(3) And [by] the father[1924] and that which was born [of him],
[1924]- Said to be Adam (upon him be peace) .
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Ayah: 4

لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ فِي كَبَدٍ
(4) We have certainly created man into hardship.
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Ayah: 5

أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ أَحَدٞ
(5) Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
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Ayah: 6

يَقُولُ أَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالٗا لُّبَدًا
(6) He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
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Ayah: 7

أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّمۡ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
(7) Does he think that no one has seen him?
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Ayah: 8

أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ عَيۡنَيۡنِ
(8) Have We not made for him two eyes?
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Ayah: 9

وَلِسَانٗا وَشَفَتَيۡنِ
(9) And a tongue and two lips?
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Ayah: 10

وَهَدَيۡنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجۡدَيۡنِ
(10) And have shown him the two ways?[1925]
[1925]- Of good and evil.
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Ayah: 11

فَلَا ٱقۡتَحَمَ ٱلۡعَقَبَةَ
(11) But he has not broken through the difficult pass.[1926]
[1926]- i.e., the steep incline or obstacle. In other words, he has not spent in the cause of Allāh but only boasts of spending in front of others.
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Ayah: 12

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡعَقَبَةُ
(12) And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
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Ayah: 13

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
(13) It is the freeing of a slave
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Ayah: 14

أَوۡ إِطۡعَٰمٞ فِي يَوۡمٖ ذِي مَسۡغَبَةٖ
(14) Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
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Ayah: 15

يَتِيمٗا ذَا مَقۡرَبَةٍ
(15) An orphan of near relationship
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Ayah: 16

أَوۡ مِسۡكِينٗا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةٖ
(16) Or a needy person in misery
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Ayah: 17

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلۡمَرۡحَمَةِ
(17) And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.
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Ayah: 18

أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ
(18) Those are the companions of the right.[1927]
[1927]- Or "the companions of good fortune," i.e., those who receive their records in their right hands and proceed to Paradise.
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Ayah: 19

وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمۡ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ
(19) But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.[1928]
[1928]- Or "the companions of ill fortune," i.e., those who receive their records in their left hands and proceed to Hell.
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Ayah: 20

عَلَيۡهِمۡ نَارٞ مُّؤۡصَدَةُۢ
(20) Over them will be fire closed in.[1929]
[1929]- The cover over Hell will be sealed and locked, containing its fire and its inhabitants.
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