Al-Balad

لَاۤ اُقۡسِمُ بِهٰذَا الۡبَلَدِۙ‏ ١

Laaa uqsimu bihaazal balad

I swear by this city [i.e., Makkah]

وَاَنۡتَ حِلٌّ ۢ بِهٰذَا الۡبَلَدِۙ‏ ٢

Wa anta hillum bihaazal balad

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

وَوَالِدٍ وَّمَا وَلَدَ ۙ‏ ٣

Wa waalidinw wa maa walad

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

لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا الۡاِنۡسَانَ فِىۡ كَبَدٍؕ‏ ٤

Laqad khalaqnal insaana fee kabad

We have certainly created man into hardship.

اَيَحۡسَبُ اَنۡ لَّنۡ يَّقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ اَحَدٌ​ ۘ‏ ٥

Ayahsabu al-lai yaqdira 'alaihi ahad

Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?

يَقُوۡلُ اَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا ؕ‏ ٦

Yaqoolu ahlaktu maalal lubadaa

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

اَيَحۡسَبُ اَنۡ لَّمۡ يَرَهٗۤ اَحَدٌ ؕ‏ ٧

Ayahsabu al lam yarahooo ahad

Does he think that no one has seen him?

اَلَمۡ نَجۡعَلۡ لَّهٗ عَيۡنَيۡنِۙ‏ ٨

Alam naj'al lahoo 'aynayn

Have We not made for him two eyes?

وَلِسَانًا وَّشَفَتَيۡنِۙ‏ ٩

Wa lisaananw wa shafatayn

And a tongue and two lips?

وَهَدَيۡنٰهُ النَّجۡدَيۡنِ​ۚ‏ ١٠

Wa hadaynaahun najdayn

And have shown him the two ways?

فَلَا اقۡتَحَمَ الۡعَقَبَةَ ۖ‏ ١١

Falaq tahamal-'aqabah

But he has not broken through the difficult pass.

وَمَاۤ اَدۡرٰٮكَ مَا الۡعَقَبَةُ ؕ‏ ١٢

Wa maaa adraaka mal'aqabah

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

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ ۙ‏ ١٣

Fakku raqabah

It is the freeing of a slave

اَوۡ اِطۡعٰمٌ فِىۡ يَوۡمٍ ذِىۡ مَسۡغَبَةٍ ۙ‏ ١٤

Aw it'aamun fee yawmin zee masghabah

Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

يَّتِيۡمًا ذَا مَقۡرَبَةٍ ۙ‏ ١٥

Yateeman zaa maqrabah

An orphan of near relationship

اَوۡ مِسۡكِيۡنًا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةٍ ؕ‏ ١٦

Aw miskeenan zaa matrabah

Or a needy person in misery

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِيۡنَ اٰمَنُوۡا وَتَوَاصَوۡا بِالصَّبۡرِ وَتَوَاصَوۡا بِالۡمَرۡحَمَةِ ؕ‏ ١٧

Summa kaana minal lazeena aamanoo wa tawaasaw bissabri wa tawaasaw bilmarhamah

And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.

اُولٰٓٮِٕكَ اَصۡحٰبُ الۡمَيۡمَنَةِ ؕ‏ ١٨

Ulaaa'ika As-haabul maimanah

Those are the companions of the right.

وَالَّذِيۡنَ كَفَرُوۡا بِاٰيٰتِنَا هُمۡ اَصۡحٰبُ الۡمَشۡـَٔـمَةِ ؕ‏ ١٩

Wallazeena kafaroo bi aayaatinaa hum as-haabul Mash'amah

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

عَلَيۡهِمۡ نَارٌ مُّؤۡصَدَةٌ‏ ٢٠

Alaihim naarum mu'sadah

Over them will be fire closed in.