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Al Balad
Chapter 90, 20 verses
Shakir
Pickthall
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Word by word
Shakir
Nay! I swear by this city.
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);
Word by word
لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
Shakir
And you shall be made free from obligation in this city - -
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).
Word by word
وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
Shakir
And the begetter and whom he begot.
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).
Word by word
وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ
Shakir
Certainly We have created man to be in distress.
Pickthall
We verily have created man in an atmosphere:
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Verily, We have created man in toil.
Word by word
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ
Shakir
Does he think that no one has power over him?
Pickthall
Thinketh he that none hath power over him ?
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Does he think that none can overcome him?
Word by word
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ
Shakir
He shall say: I have wasted much wealth.
Pickthall
And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth:
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
He says (boastfully): "I have wasted wealth in abundance!"
Word by word
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا
Shakir
Does he think that no one sees him?
Pickthall
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him ?
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Does he think that none sees him?
Word by word
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
Shakir
Have We not given him two eyes,
Pickthall
Did We not assign unto him two eyes
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Have We not made for him two eyes,
Word by word
أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ
Shakir
And a tongue and two lips,
Pickthall
And a tongue and two lips,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And a tongue and two lips?
Word by word
وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ
Shakir
And pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways?
Pickthall
And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways ?
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And shown him the two ways (good and evil)?
Word by word
وَهَدَيْنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ
Shakir
But he would not attempt the uphill road,
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).
Word by word
فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ
Shakir
And what will make you comprehend what the uphill road is?
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?
Word by word
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ
Shakir
(It is) the setting free of a slave,
Pickthall
(It is) to free a slave,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
(It is) freeing a neck (slave)
Word by word
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
Shakir
Or the giving of food in a day of hunger
Pickthall
And to feed in the day of hunger.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Or giving food in a day of hunger (famine),
Word by word
أَوْ إِطْعَٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ
Shakir
To an orphan, having relationship,
Pickthall
An orphan near of kin,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
To an orphan near of kin.
Word by word
يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ
Shakir
Or to the poor man lying in the dust.
Pickthall
Or some poor wretch in misery,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Or to a Miskin (poor) cleaving to dust (out of misery).
Word by word
أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ
Shakir
Then he is of those who believe and charge one another to show patience, and charge one another to show compassion.
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.
They are those on the Right Hand (i.e. the dwellers of Paradise),
Word by word
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ
Shakir
And (as for) those who disbelieve in our communications, they are the people of the left hand.
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).