Al Balad

1 La oqsimu bihatha albaladi

1 I swear by this city, Makkah -

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

2 Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi

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

2 And thou art an indweller of this city -

3 Wawalidin wama walada

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

3 And the begetter and that which he begat,

4 Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin

4 We have certainly created man into hardship.

4 We verily have created man in an atmosphere:

5 Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun

5 Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?

5 Thinketh he that none hath power over him ?

6 Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan

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

6 And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth:

7 Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun

7 Does he think that no one has seen him?

7 Thinketh he that none beholdeth him ?

8 Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni

8 Have We not made for him two eyes?

8 Did We not assign unto him two eyes

9 Walisanan washafatayni

9 And a tongue and two lips?

9 And a tongue and two lips,

10 Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni

10 And have shown him the two ways?

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

11 Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata

11 But he has not broken through the difficult pass.

11 But he hath not attempted the Ascent -

12 Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu

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

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

13 Fakku raqabatin

13 It is the freeing of a slave

13 (It is) to free a slave,

14 Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin

14 Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

14 And to feed in the day of hunger.

15 Yateeman tha maqrabatin

15 An orphan of near relationship

15 An orphan near of kin,

16 Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin

16 Or a needy person in misery

16 Or some poor wretch in misery,

17 Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati

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

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

18 Olaika ashabu almaymanati

18 Those are the companions of the right.

18 Their place will be on the right hand.

19 Waallatheena kafaroo biayatina hum ashabu almashamati

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

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

20 AAalayhim narun musadatun

20 Over them will be fire closed in.

20 Fire will be an awning over them.