الـبلد

1 I swear by this city, Makkah -

1 La oqsimu bihatha albaladi

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

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

2 Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi

2 And thou art an indweller of this city -

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

3 Wawalidin wama walada

3 And the begetter and that which he begat,

4 We have certainly created man into hardship.

4 Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin

4 We verily have created man in an atmosphere:

5 Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?

5 Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun

5 Thinketh he that none hath power over him ?

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

6 Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan

6 And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth:

7 Does he think that no one has seen him?

7 Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun

7 Thinketh he that none beholdeth him ?

8 Have We not made for him two eyes?

8 Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni

8 Did We not assign unto him two eyes

9 And a tongue and two lips?

9 Walisanan washafatayni

9 And a tongue and two lips,

10 And have shown him the two ways?

10 Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni

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

11 But he has not broken through the difficult pass.

11 Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata

11 But he hath not attempted the Ascent -

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

12 Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu

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

13 It is the freeing of a slave

13 Fakku raqabatin

13 (It is) to free a slave,

14 Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

14 Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin

14 And to feed in the day of hunger.

15 An orphan of near relationship

15 Yateeman tha maqrabatin

15 An orphan near of kin,

16 Or a needy person in misery

16 Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin

16 Or some poor wretch in misery,

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

17 Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati

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

18 Those are the companions of the right.

18 Olaika ashabu almaymanati

18 Their place will be on the right hand.

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

19 Waallatheena kafaroo biayatina hum ashabu almashamati

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

20 Over them will be fire closed in.

20 AAalayhim narun musadatun

20 Fire will be an awning over them.