الـبلد

1 Nay! I swear by this city.

1 I do call to witness this City; -

1 I swear by this city, Makkah -

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

2 And thou art a freeman of this City; -

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

3 And the begetter and whom he begot.

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

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

4 Certainly We have created man to be in distress.

4 Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.

4 We have certainly created man into hardship.

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

5 Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?

5 Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?

6 He shall say: I have wasted much wealth.

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

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

7 Does he think that no one sees him?

7 Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?

7 Does he think that no one has seen him?

8 Have We not given him two eyes,

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

8 Have We not made for him two eyes?

9 And a tongue and two lips,

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

9 And a tongue and two lips?

10 And pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways?

10 And shown him the two highways?

10 And have shown him the two ways?

11 But he would not attempt the uphill road,

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

11 But he has not broken through the difficult pass.

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

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

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

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

13 (It is:) freeing the bondman;

13 It is the freeing of a slave

14 Or the giving of food in a day of hunger

14 Or the giving of food in a day of privation

14 Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

15 To an orphan, having relationship,

15 To the orphan with claims of relationship,

15 An orphan of near relationship

16 Or to the poor man lying in the dust.

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

16 Or a needy person in misery

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

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

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

18 These are the people of the right hand.

18 Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.

18 Those are the companions of the right.

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

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

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

20 On them is fire closed over.

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

20 Over them will be fire closed in.