Al-Balad

لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ١

La oqsimu bihatha albalad

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

I swear by this city,

وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ٢

Waanta hillun bihatha albalad

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

-and (O Prophet,) you are going to be allowed (to fight) in this city-

وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ٣

Wawalidin wama walad

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

and by the father and all those he begot,

لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ٤

Laqad khalaqna al-insana feekabad

We have certainly created man into hardship.

indeed We have created man (to live) in hard struggle.

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ٥

Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahad

Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?

Does he think that no one has power over him?

يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا٦

Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubada

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

He says, “I have spent a lot of wealth.”

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ٧

Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahad

Does he think that no one has seen him?

Does he think that no one has seen him?

أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ٨

Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayn

Have We not made for him two eyes?

Did We not make for him two eyes,

وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ٩

Walisanan washafatayn

And a tongue and two lips?

and one tongue and two lips,

وَهَدَيْنَـٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ١٠

Wahadaynahu annajdayn

And have shown him the two ways?

and showed him the two ways?

فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ١١

Fala iqtahama alAAaqaba

But he has not broken through the difficult pass.

Yet he did not make his way through the steep course,- -

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ١٢

Wama adraka maalAAaqaba

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

- And what may let you know what the steep course is?

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ١٣

Fakku raqaba

It is the freeing of a slave

(It is) freeing of the neck of a slave,

أَوْ إِطْعَـٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ١٤

Aw itAAamun fee yawmin theemasghaba

Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

or giving food in a day of hunger

يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ١٥

Yateeman tha maqraba

An orphan of near relationship

to an orphan near of kin,

أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ١٦

Aw miskeenan tha matraba

Or a needy person in misery

or to a needy person lying in dust- -

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ١٧

Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoowatawasaw bissabri watawasaw bilmarhama

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

- then he did not join those who believe and advise each other to be patient and advise each other to be merciful.

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ١٨

Ola-ika as-habualmaymana

Those are the companions of the right.

Those are the People of the Right Hand. (i.e. their books of deeds will be given in their right hands)

وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ١٩

Wallatheena kafaroo bi-ayatinahum as-habu almash-ama

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

As for those who reject Our verses, they are the People of the Left Hand. (i.e. their books of deeds will be given in their left hands.)

عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ٢٠

AAalayhim narun mu/sada

Over them will be fire closed in.

Upon them will be the Fire, enveloping them with closed exits.