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Al-Balad

Ayah: 1

لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ

I do swear by this city [of Makkah] –

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.

Ayah: 3

وَوَالِدٖ وَمَا وَلَدَ

and by every parent^[2] and his offspring,

[2] i.e., Adam.

Ayah: 4

لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ فِي كَبَدٍ

We have created man in hardship.

Ayah: 5

أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ أَحَدٞ

Does he think that none can ever have power over him?

Ayah: 6

يَقُولُ أَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالٗا لُّبَدًا

He says, “I have squandered enormous wealth!”

Ayah: 7

أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّمۡ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

Does he think that no one sees him?

Ayah: 8

أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ عَيۡنَيۡنِ

Have We not given him two eyes,

Ayah: 9

وَلِسَانٗا وَشَفَتَيۡنِ

and a tongue and two lips,

Ayah: 10

وَهَدَيۡنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجۡدَيۡنِ

and shown him the two ways [of right and wrong]?

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.

Ayah: 12

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡعَقَبَةُ

and how do you know what the steep path is?

Ayah: 13

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ

It is freeing a slave,

Ayah: 14

أَوۡ إِطۡعَٰمٞ فِي يَوۡمٖ ذِي مَسۡغَبَةٖ

or giving food on a day of hunger,

Ayah: 15

يَتِيمٗا ذَا مَقۡرَبَةٍ

to an orphan relative,

Ayah: 16

أَوۡ مِسۡكِينٗا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةٖ

or to a needy person in misery,

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.

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.

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.

Ayah: 20

عَلَيۡهِمۡ نَارٞ مُّؤۡصَدَةُۢ

who will be locked up in the Fire.