Al-Balad

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

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   لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ

   I do swear by this city [of Makkah] –

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   وَأَنتَ حِلُّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ

   and you are free of restriction [for a while] in this city[1] –

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   وَوَالِدٖ وَمَا وَلَدَ

   and by every parent[1] and his offspring,

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   لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ فِي كَبَدٍ

   We have created man in hardship.

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   أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ أَحَدٞ

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

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   يَقُولُ أَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالٗا لُّبَدًا

   He says, “I have squandered enormous wealth!”

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   أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّمۡ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

   Does he think that no one sees him?

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   أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ عَيۡنَيۡنِ

   Have We not given him two eyes,

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   وَلِسَانٗا وَشَفَتَيۡنِ

   and a tongue and two lips,

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    وَهَدَيۡنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجۡدَيۡنِ

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

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    فَلَا ٱقۡتَحَمَ ٱلۡعَقَبَةَ

    Yet he did not make his way through the steep path[1],

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    وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡعَقَبَةُ

    and how do you know what the steep path is?

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    فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ

    It is freeing a slave,

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14. 14

    أَوۡ إِطۡعَٰمٞ فِي يَوۡمٖ ذِي مَسۡغَبَةٖ

    or giving food on a day of hunger,

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    يَتِيمٗا ذَا مَقۡرَبَةٍ

    to an orphan relative,

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    أَوۡ مِسۡكِينٗا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةٖ

    or to a needy person in misery,

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    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.

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    أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ

    Such are the people of the Right[1].

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    وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمۡ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ

    As for those who reject Our signs, they are the people of the Left[1],

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    عَلَيۡهِمۡ نَارٞ مُّؤۡصَدَةُۢ

    who will be locked up in the Fire.

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