Al Balad

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

1 In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. I swear by this city (Makkah);

Saheeh International

1 I swear by this city, Makkah -

Pickthall

2 And thou art an indweller of this city -

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

2 And you are free (from sin, and to punish the enemies of Islam on the Day of the conquest) in this city (Makkah).

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

3 And the begetter and that which he begat,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

3 And by the begetter (i.e. Adam عليه السلام) and that which he begot (i.e. his progeny).

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

4 We verily have created man in an atmosphere:

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

4 Verily, We have created man in toil.

Saheeh International

4 We have certainly created man into hardship.

Pickthall

5 Thinketh he that none hath power over him ?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

5 Does he think that none can overcome him?

Saheeh International

5 Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?

Pickthall

6 And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth:

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

6 He says (boastfully): "I have wasted wealth in abundance!"

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

7 Thinketh he that none beholdeth him ?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

7 Does he think that none sees him?

Saheeh International

7 Does he think that no one has seen him?

Pickthall

8 Did We not assign unto him two eyes

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

8 Have We not made for him two eyes,

Saheeh International

8 Have We not made for him two eyes?

Pickthall

9 And a tongue and two lips,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

9 And a tongue and two lips?

Saheeh International

9 And a tongue and two lips?

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

10 And shown him the two ways (good and evil)?

Saheeh International

10 And have shown him the two ways?

Pickthall

11 But he hath not attempted the Ascent -

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

11 But he has not attempted to pass on the path that is steep (i.e. the path which will lead to goodness and success).

Saheeh International

11 But he has not broken through the difficult pass.

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

12 And what will make you know the path that is steep?

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

13 (It is) to free a slave,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

13 (It is) freeing a neck (slave)

Saheeh International

13 It is the freeing of a slave

Pickthall

14 And to feed in the day of hunger.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

14 Or giving food in a day of hunger (famine),

Saheeh International

14 Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

Pickthall

15 An orphan near of kin,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

15 To an orphan near of kin.

Saheeh International

15 An orphan of near relationship

Pickthall

16 Or some poor wretch in misery,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

16 Or to a Miskin (poor) cleaving to dust (out of misery).

Saheeh International

16 Or a needy person in misery

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

17 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.

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

18 Their place will be on the right hand.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

18 They are those on the Right Hand (i.e. the dwellers of Paradise),

Saheeh International

18 Those are the companions of the right.

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

19 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).

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

20 Fire will be an awning over them.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

20 The Fire will be shut over them (i.e. they will be enveloped by the Fire without any opening or window or outlet.

Saheeh International

20 Over them will be fire closed in.