الـبلد

1 Nay! I swear by this city.

1 I swear by this city, Makkah -

1 I do call to witness this City; -

2 And you shall be made free from obligation in 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 whom he begot.

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

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

4 Certainly We have created man to be in distress.

4 We have certainly created man into hardship.

4 Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.

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

5 Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?

5 Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?

6 He shall say: I have wasted much wealth.

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

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

7 Does he think that no one sees him?

7 Does he think that no one has seen him?

7 Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?

8 Have We not given 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 pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways?

10 And have shown him the two ways?

10 And shown him the two highways?

11 But he would not attempt the uphill road,

11 But he has not broken through the difficult pass.

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

12 And what will make you comprehend what the uphill road 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) the setting free of a slave,

13 It is the freeing of a slave

13 (It is:) freeing the bondman;

14 Or the giving of food in a day of hunger

14 Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

14 Or the giving of food in a day of privation

15 To an orphan, having relationship,

15 An orphan of near relationship

15 To the orphan with claims of relationship,

16 Or to the poor man lying in the dust.

16 Or a needy person in misery

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

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

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 These are the people of the right hand.

18 Those are the companions of the right.

18 Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.

19 And (as for) those who disbelieve in our communications, they are the people of 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 On them is fire closed over.

20 Over them will be fire closed in.

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