Al Balad

Shakir

1 Nay! I swear by this city.

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);

Shakir

2 And you shall be made free from obligation in this city - -

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).

Shakir

3 And the begetter and whom he begot.

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).

Shakir

4 Certainly We have created man to be in distress.

Pickthall

4 We verily have created man in an atmosphere:

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

4 Verily, We have created man in toil.

Shakir

5 Does he think that no one has power over him?

Pickthall

5 Thinketh he that none hath power over him ?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

5 Does he think that none can overcome him?

Shakir

6 He shall say: I have wasted much wealth.

Pickthall

6 And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth:

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

7 Does he think that no one sees him?

Pickthall

7 Thinketh he that none beholdeth him ?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

7 Does he think that none sees him?

Shakir

8 Have We not given him two eyes,

Pickthall

8 Did We not assign unto him two eyes

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

8 Have We not made for him two eyes,

Shakir

9 And a tongue and two lips,

Pickthall

9 And a tongue and two lips,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

9 And a tongue and two lips?

Shakir

10 And pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways?

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)?

Shakir

11 But he would not attempt the uphill road,

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).

Shakir

12 And what will make you comprehend what the uphill road is?

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?

Shakir

13 (It is) the setting free of a slave,

Pickthall

13 (It is) to free a slave,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

13 (It is) freeing a neck (slave)

Shakir

14 Or the giving of food in a day of hunger

Pickthall

14 And to feed in the day of hunger.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

15 To an orphan, having relationship,

Pickthall

15 An orphan near of kin,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

15 To an orphan near of kin.

Shakir

16 Or to the poor man lying in the dust.

Pickthall

16 Or some poor wretch in misery,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

17 Then he is of those who believe and charge one another to show patience, and charge one another to show compassion.

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.

Shakir

18 These are the people of the right hand.

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),

Shakir

19 And (as for) those who disbelieve in our communications, they are the people of the left hand.

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).

Shakir

20 On them is fire closed over.

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.