Al-Balad

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

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   لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ

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

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   وَأَنتَ حِلُّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ

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

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   وَوَالِدٖ وَمَا وَلَدَ

   And [by] the father[1924] and that which was born [of him],

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   لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ فِي كَبَدٍ

   We have certainly created man into hardship.

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   أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ أَحَدٞ

   Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?

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   يَقُولُ أَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالٗا لُّبَدًا

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

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   أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّمۡ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

   Does he think that no one has seen him?

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   أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ عَيۡنَيۡنِ

   Have We not made for him two eyes?

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   وَلِسَانٗا وَشَفَتَيۡنِ

   And a tongue and two lips?

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10. 10

    وَهَدَيۡنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجۡدَيۡنِ

    And have shown him the two ways?[1925]

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11. 11

    فَلَا ٱقۡتَحَمَ ٱلۡعَقَبَةَ

    But he has not broken through the difficult pass.[1926]

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    وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡعَقَبَةُ

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

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13. 13

    فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ

    It is the freeing of a slave

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14. 14

    أَوۡ إِطۡعَٰمٞ فِي يَوۡمٖ ذِي مَسۡغَبَةٖ

    Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

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    يَتِيمٗا ذَا مَقۡرَبَةٍ

    An orphan of near relationship

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    أَوۡ مِسۡكِينٗا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةٖ

    Or a needy person in misery

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    ثُمَّ 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.

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18. 18

    أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ

    Those are the companions of the right.[1927]

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    وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمۡ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ

    But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.[1928]

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20. 20

    عَلَيۡهِمۡ نَارٞ مُّؤۡصَدَةُۢ

    Over them will be fire closed in.[1929]

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