الـبلد

1 I swear by this city, Makkah -

1 La oqsimu bihatha albaladi

1 I do call to witness this City; -

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

2 Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi

2 And thou art a freeman of this City; -

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

3 Wawalidin wama walada

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

4 We have certainly created man into hardship.

4 Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin

4 Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.

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

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

9 And a tongue and two lips?

9 Walisanan washafatayni

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

10 And have shown him the two ways?

10 Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni

10 And shown him the two highways?

11 But he has not broken through the difficult pass.

11 Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata

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

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

12 Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu

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

13 It is the freeing of a slave

13 Fakku raqabatin

13 (It is:) freeing the bondman;

14 Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

14 Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin

14 Or the giving of food in a day of privation

15 An orphan of near relationship

15 Yateeman tha maqrabatin

15 To the orphan with claims of relationship,

16 Or a needy person in misery

16 Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin

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

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

18 Those are the companions of the right.

18 Olaika ashabu almaymanati

18 Such are the Companions of 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 reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) Companions of the Left Hand.

20 Over them will be fire closed in.

20 AAalayhim narun musadatun

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