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Al Balad
Chapter 90, 20 verses
Pickthall
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Shakir
Word by word
Pickthall
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Nay, I swear by this city -
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. I swear by this city (Makkah);
Shakir
Nay! I swear by this city.
Word by word
لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
Pickthall
And thou art an indweller of this city -
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And you are free (from sin, and to punish the enemies of Islam on the Day of the conquest) in this city (Makkah).
Shakir
And you shall be made free from obligation in this city - -
Word by word
وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
Pickthall
And the begetter and that which he begat,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And by the begetter (i.e. Adam عليه السلام) and that which he begot (i.e. his progeny).
Shakir
And the begetter and whom he begot.
Word by word
وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ
Pickthall
We verily have created man in an atmosphere:
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Verily, We have created man in toil.
Shakir
Certainly We have created man to be in distress.
Word by word
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ
Pickthall
Thinketh he that none hath power over him ?
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Does he think that none can overcome him?
Shakir
Does he think that no one has power over him?
Word by word
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ
Pickthall
And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth:
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
He says (boastfully): "I have wasted wealth in abundance!"
Shakir
He shall say: I have wasted much wealth.
Word by word
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا
Pickthall
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him ?
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Does he think that none sees him?
Shakir
Does he think that no one sees him?
Word by word
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
Pickthall
Did We not assign unto him two eyes
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Have We not made for him two eyes,
Shakir
Have We not given him two eyes,
Word by word
أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ
Pickthall
And a tongue and two lips,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And a tongue and two lips?
Shakir
And a tongue and two lips,
Word by word
وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ
Pickthall
And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways ?
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And shown him the two ways (good and evil)?
Shakir
And pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways?
Word by word
وَهَدَيْنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ
Pickthall
But he hath not attempted the Ascent -
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
But he has not attempted to pass on the path that is steep (i.e. the path which will lead to goodness and success).
Shakir
But he would not attempt the uphill road,
Word by word
فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ
Pickthall
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is! -
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And what will make you know the path that is steep?
Shakir
And what will make you comprehend what the uphill road is?
Word by word
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ
Pickthall
(It is) to free a slave,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
(It is) freeing a neck (slave)
Shakir
(It is) the setting free of a slave,
Word by word
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
Pickthall
And to feed in the day of hunger.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Or giving food in a day of hunger (famine),
Shakir
Or the giving of food in a day of hunger
Word by word
أَوْ إِطْعَٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ
Pickthall
An orphan near of kin,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
To an orphan near of kin.
Shakir
To an orphan, having relationship,
Word by word
يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ
Pickthall
Or some poor wretch in misery,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Or to a Miskin (poor) cleaving to dust (out of misery).
Shakir
Or to the poor man lying in the dust.
Word by word
أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ
Pickthall
And to be of those who believe and exhort one another to perseverance and exhort one another to pity.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Then he became one of those who believed (in the Islamic Monotheism) and recommended one another to perseverance and patience, and (also) recommended one another to pity and compassion.
Shakir
Then he is of those who believe and charge one another to show patience, and charge one another to show compassion.
They are those on the Right Hand (i.e. the dwellers of Paradise),
Shakir
These are the people of the right hand.
Word by word
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ
Pickthall
But those who disbelieve Our revelations, their place will be on the left hand.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
But those who disbelieved in Our Ayat (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.), they are those on the Left Hand (the dwellers of Hell).
Shakir
And (as for) those who disbelieve in our communications, they are the people of the left hand.