الـبلد

1 Nay! I swear by this city.

1 La oqsimu bihatha albaladi

1 In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. I swear by this city (Makkah);

2 And you shall be made free from obligation in this city - -

2 Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi

2 And you are free (from sin, and to punish the enemies of Islam on the Day of the conquest) in this city (Makkah).

3 And the begetter and whom he begot.

3 Wawalidin wama walada

3 And by the begetter (i.e. Adam عليه السلام) and that which he begot (i.e. his progeny).

4 Certainly We have created man to be in distress.

4 Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin

4 Verily, We have created man in toil.

5 Does he think that no one has power over him?

5 Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun

5 Does he think that none can overcome him?

6 He shall say: I have wasted much wealth.

6 Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan

6 He says (boastfully): "I have wasted wealth in abundance!"

7 Does he think that no one sees him?

7 Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun

7 Does he think that none sees him?

8 Have We not given him two eyes,

8 Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni

8 Have We not made for him two eyes,

9 And a tongue and two lips,

9 Walisanan washafatayni

9 And a tongue and two lips?

10 And pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways?

10 Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni

10 And shown him the two ways (good and evil)?

11 But he would not attempt the uphill road,

11 Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata

11 But he has not attempted to pass on the path that is steep (i.e. the path which will lead to goodness and success).

12 And what will make you comprehend what the uphill road is?

12 Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu

12 And what will make you know the path that is steep?

13 (It is) the setting free of a slave,

13 Fakku raqabatin

13 (It is) freeing a neck (slave)

14 Or the giving of food in a day of hunger

14 Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin

14 Or giving food in a day of hunger (famine),

15 To an orphan, having relationship,

15 Yateeman tha maqrabatin

15 To an orphan near of kin.

16 Or to the poor man lying in the dust.

16 Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin

16 Or to a Miskin (poor) cleaving to dust (out of misery).

17 Then he is of those who believe and charge one another to show patience, and charge one another to show compassion.

17 Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati

17 Then he became one of those who believed (in the Islamic Monotheism) and recommended one another to perseverance and patience, and (also) recommended one another to pity and compassion.

18 These are the people of the right hand.

18 Olaika ashabu almaymanati

18 They are those on the Right Hand (i.e. the dwellers of Paradise),

19 And (as for) those who disbelieve in our communications, they are the people of the left hand.

19 Waallatheena kafaroo biayatina hum ashabu almashamati

19 But those who disbelieved in Our Ayat (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.), they are those on the Left Hand (the dwellers of Hell).

20 On them is fire closed over.

20 AAalayhim narun musadatun

20 The Fire will be shut over them (i.e. they will be enveloped by the Fire without any opening or window or outlet.