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Al-Balad

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 1

لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ

(1) I swear by this city [i.e., Makkah] –

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 2

وَأَنتَ حِلُّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ

(2) And you, [O Muḥammad], are free of restriction in this city –

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 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) .

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 4

لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ فِي كَبَدٍ

(4) We have certainly created man into hardship.

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 5

أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ أَحَدٞ

(5) Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 6

يَقُولُ أَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالٗا لُّبَدًا

(6) He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 7

أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّمۡ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

(7) Does he think that no one has seen him?

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 8

أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ عَيۡنَيۡنِ

(8) Have We not made for him two eyes?

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 9

وَلِسَانٗا وَشَفَتَيۡنِ

(9) And a tongue and two lips?

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 10

وَهَدَيۡنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجۡدَيۡنِ

(10) And have shown him the two ways?^[1925]

[1925]- Of good and evil.

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 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.

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 12

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡعَقَبَةُ

(12) And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 13

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ

(13) It is the freeing of a slave

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 14

أَوۡ إِطۡعَٰمٞ فِي يَوۡمٖ ذِي مَسۡغَبَةٖ

(14) Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 15

يَتِيمٗا ذَا مَقۡرَبَةٍ

(15) An orphan of near relationship

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 16

أَوۡ مِسۡكِينٗا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةٖ

(16) Or a needy person in misery

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 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.

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 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.

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 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.

ߟߝߊߙߌ ߘߏ߫: 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.