Al Balad

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1 La oqsimu bihatha albaladi

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

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2 Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi

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

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3 Wawalidin wama walada

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

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4 Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin

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4 Verily, We have created man in toil.

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5 Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun

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5 Does he think that none can overcome him?

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6 Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan

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

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7 Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun

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7 Does he think that none sees him?

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8 Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni

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8 Have We not made for him two eyes,

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9 Walisanan washafatayni

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9 And a tongue and two lips?

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10 Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni

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

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11 Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata

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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).

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12 Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu

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

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13 Fakku raqabatin

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13 (It is) freeing a neck (slave)

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14 Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin

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

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15 Yateeman tha maqrabatin

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15 To an orphan near of kin.

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16 Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin

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

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17 Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati

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.

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18 Olaika ashabu almaymanati

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

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19 Waallatheena kafaroo biayatina hum ashabu almashamati

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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).

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20 AAalayhim narun musadatun

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