الـبلد

1 I swear by this city, Makkah -

1 I do call to witness this City; -

1 La oqsimu bihatha albaladi

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

2 And thou art a freeman of this City; -

2 Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi

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

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

3 Wawalidin wama walada

4 We have certainly created man into hardship.

4 Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.

4 Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin

5 Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?

5 Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?

5 Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun

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

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

6 Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan

7 Does he think that no one has seen him?

7 Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?

7 Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun

8 Have We not made for him two eyes?

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

8 Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni

9 And a tongue and two lips?

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

9 Walisanan washafatayni

10 And have shown him the two ways?

10 And shown him the two highways?

10 Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni

11 But he has not broken through the difficult pass.

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

11 Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata

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? -

12 Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu

13 It is the freeing of a slave

13 (It is:) freeing the bondman;

13 Fakku raqabatin

14 Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

14 Or the giving of food in a day of privation

14 Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin

15 An orphan of near relationship

15 To the orphan with claims of relationship,

15 Yateeman tha maqrabatin

16 Or a needy person in misery

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

16 Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin

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.

17 Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati

18 Those are the companions of the right.

18 Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.

18 Olaika ashabu almaymanati

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.

19 Waallatheena kafaroo biayatina hum ashabu almashamati

20 Over them will be fire closed in.

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

20 AAalayhim narun musadatun