Surah Al-Balad — البلد

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 1لَاۤ أُقۡسِمُ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ

   I swear by this city, Makkah -

2. 2وَأَنتَ حِلُّۢ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ

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

3. 3وَوَالِدࣲ وَمَا وَلَدَ

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

4. 4لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنَ فِی كَبَدٍ

   We have certainly created man into hardship.

5. 5أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ أَحَدࣱ

   Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?

6. 6يَقُولُ أَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالࣰا لُّبَدًا

   He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."

7. 7أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّمۡ يَرَهُۥۤ أَحَدٌ

   Does he think that no one has seen him?

8. 8أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ عَيۡنَيۡنِ

   Have We not made for him two eyes?

9. 9وَلِسَانࣰا وَشَفَتَيۡنِ

   And a tongue and two lips?

10. 10وَهَدَيۡنَـٰهُ ٱلنَّجۡدَيۡنِ

    And have shown him the two ways?

11. 11فَلَا ٱقۡتَحَمَ ٱلۡعَقَبَةَ

    But he has not broken through the difficult pass.

12. 12وَمَاۤ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡعَقَبَةُ

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

13. 13فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ

    It is the freeing of a slave

14. 14أَوۡ إِطۡعَـٰمࣱ فِی يَوۡمࣲ ذِی مَسۡغَبَةࣲ

    Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

15. 15يَتِيمࣰا ذَا مَقۡرَبَةٍ

    An orphan of near relationship

16. 16أَوۡ مِسۡكِينࣰا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةࣲ

    Or a needy person in misery

17. 17ثُمَّ 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. 18أُوْلَـٰۤئِكَ أَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ

    Those are the companions of the right.

19. 19وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا هُمۡ أَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ

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

20. 20عَلَيۡهِمۡ نَارࣱ مُّؤۡصَدَةُۢ

    Over them will be fire closed in.