Al Balad

Pickthall

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

Saheeh International

1 I swear by this city, Makkah -

Yusuf Ali

1 I do call to witness this City; -

Pickthall

2 And thou art an indweller of this city -

Saheeh International

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

Yusuf Ali

2 And thou art a freeman of this City; -

Pickthall

3 And the begetter and that which he begat,

Saheeh International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

4 We verily have created man in an atmosphere:

Saheeh International

4 We have certainly created man into hardship.

Yusuf Ali

4 Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.

Pickthall

5 Thinketh he that none hath power over him ?

Saheeh International

5 Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?

Yusuf Ali

5 Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?

Pickthall

6 And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth:

Saheeh International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

7 Thinketh he that none beholdeth him ?

Saheeh International

7 Does he think that no one has seen him?

Yusuf Ali

7 Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?

Pickthall

8 Did We not assign unto him two eyes

Saheeh International

8 Have We not made for him two eyes?

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

9 And a tongue and two lips,

Saheeh International

9 And a tongue and two lips?

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Saheeh International

10 And have shown him the two ways?

Yusuf Ali

10 And shown him the two highways?

Pickthall

11 But he hath not attempted the Ascent -

Saheeh International

11 But he has not broken through the difficult pass.

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Saheeh International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

13 (It is) to free a slave,

Saheeh International

13 It is the freeing of a slave

Yusuf Ali

13 (It is:) freeing the bondman;

Pickthall

14 And to feed in the day of hunger.

Saheeh International

14 Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

Yusuf Ali

14 Or the giving of food in a day of privation

Pickthall

15 An orphan near of kin,

Saheeh International

15 An orphan of near relationship

Yusuf Ali

15 To the orphan with claims of relationship,

Pickthall

16 Or some poor wretch in misery,

Saheeh International

16 Or a needy person in misery

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Saheeh International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

18 Their place will be on the right hand.

Saheeh International

18 Those are the companions of the right.

Yusuf Ali

18 Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.

Pickthall

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

Saheeh International

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

Yusuf Ali

19 But those who reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) Companions of the Left Hand.

Pickthall

20 Fire will be an awning over them.

Saheeh International

20 Over them will be fire closed in.

Yusuf Ali

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