الـبلد

1 I do call to witness this City; -

1 I swear by this city, Makkah -

1 La oqsimu bihatha albaladi

2 And thou art a freeman of this City; -

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

2 Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi

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

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

3 Wawalidin wama walada

4 Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.

4 We have certainly created man into hardship.

4 Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin

5 Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?

5 Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?

5 Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun

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

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

6 Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan

7 Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?

7 Does he think that no one has seen him?

7 Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun

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

8 Have We not made for him two eyes?

8 Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni

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

9 And a tongue and two lips?

9 Walisanan washafatayni

10 And shown him the two highways?

10 And have shown him the two ways?

10 Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni

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

11 But he has not broken through the difficult pass.

11 Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata

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?

12 Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu

13 (It is:) freeing the bondman;

13 It is the freeing of a slave

13 Fakku raqabatin

14 Or the giving of food in a day of privation

14 Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

14 Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin

15 To the orphan with claims of relationship,

15 An orphan of near relationship

15 Yateeman tha maqrabatin

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

16 Or a needy person in misery

16 Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin

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.

17 Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati

18 Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.

18 Those are the companions of the right.

18 Olaika ashabu almaymanati

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.

19 Waallatheena kafaroo biayatina hum ashabu almashamati

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

20 Over them will be fire closed in.

20 AAalayhim narun musadatun