الـبلد

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Nay, I swear by this city -

1 I swear by this city, Makkah -

1 I do call to witness this City; -

2 And thou art an indweller of this city -

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

2 And thou art a freeman of this City; -

3 And the begetter and that which he begat,

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

3 And (the mystic ties of) parent and child; -

4 We verily have created man in an atmosphere:

4 We have certainly created man into hardship.

4 Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.

5 Thinketh he that none hath power over him ?

5 Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?

5 Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?

6 And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth:

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

6 He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance!

7 Thinketh he that none beholdeth him ?

7 Does he think that no one has seen him?

7 Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?

8 Did We not assign unto him two eyes

8 Have We not made for him two eyes?

8 Have We not made for him a pair of eyes? -

9 And a tongue and two lips,

9 And a tongue and two lips?

9 And a tongue, and a pair of lips? -

10 And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways ?

10 And have shown him the two ways?

10 And shown him the two highways?

11 But he hath not attempted the Ascent -

11 But he has not broken through the difficult pass.

11 But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep.

12 Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is! -

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

12 And what will explain to thee the path that is steep? -

13 (It is) to free a slave,

13 It is the freeing of a slave

13 (It is:) freeing the bondman;

14 And to feed in the day of hunger.

14 Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

14 Or the giving of food in a day of privation

15 An orphan near of kin,

15 An orphan of near relationship

15 To the orphan with claims of relationship,

16 Or some poor wretch in misery,

16 Or a needy person in misery

16 Or to the indigent (down) in the dust.

17 And to be of those who believe and exhort one another to perseverance and exhort one another to pity.

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

17 Then will he be of those who believe, and enjoin patience, (constancy, and self - restraint), and enjoin deeds of kindness and compassion.

18 Their place will be on the right hand.

18 Those are the companions of the right.

18 Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.

19 But those who disbelieve Our revelations, their place will be on the left hand.

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

19 But those who reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) Companions of the Left Hand.

20 Fire will be an awning over them.

20 Over them will be fire closed in.

20 On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round).