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Al Balad
Chapter 90, 20 verses
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Arabic
Transliteration
Word by word
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. I swear by this city (Makkah);
Arabic
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بهذا البلد
Transliteration
La oqsimu bihatha albaladi
Word by word
لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
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).
Arabic
وأنت حل بهذا البلد
Transliteration
Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi
Word by word
وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And by the begetter (i.e. Adam عليه السلام) and that which he begot (i.e. his progeny).
Arabic
ووالد وما ولد
Transliteration
Wawalidin wama walada
Word by word
وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Verily, We have created man in toil.
Arabic
لقد خلقنا الإنسان في كبد
Transliteration
Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin
Word by word
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Does he think that none can overcome him?
Arabic
أيحسب أن لن يقدر عليه أحد
Transliteration
Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun
Word by word
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
He says (boastfully): "I have wasted wealth in abundance!"
Arabic
يقول أهلكت مالا لبدا
Transliteration
Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan
Word by word
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Does he think that none sees him?
Arabic
أيحسب أن لم يره أحد
Transliteration
Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun
Word by word
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Have We not made for him two eyes,
Arabic
ألم نجعل له عينين
Transliteration
Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni
Word by word
أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And a tongue and two lips?
Arabic
ولسانا وشفتين
Transliteration
Walisanan washafatayni
Word by word
وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And shown him the two ways (good and evil)?
Arabic
وهديناه النجدين
Transliteration
Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni
Word by word
وَهَدَيْنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ
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).
Arabic
فلا اقتحم العقبة
Transliteration
Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata
Word by word
فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And what will make you know the path that is steep?
Arabic
وما أدراك ما العقبة
Transliteration
Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu
Word by word
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
(It is) freeing a neck (slave)
Arabic
فك رقبة
Transliteration
Fakku raqabatin
Word by word
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Or giving food in a day of hunger (famine),
Arabic
أو إطعام في يوم ذي مسغبة
Transliteration
Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin
Word by word
أَوْ إِطْعَٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
To an orphan near of kin.
Arabic
يتيما ذا مقربة
Transliteration
Yateeman tha maqrabatin
Word by word
يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Or to a Miskin (poor) cleaving to dust (out of misery).
Arabic
أو مسكينا ذا متربة
Transliteration
Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin
Word by word
أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ
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.
Arabic
ثم كان من الذين آمنوا وتواصوا بالصبر وتواصوا بالمرحمة
Transliteration
Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati
They are those on the Right Hand (i.e. the dwellers of Paradise),
Arabic
أولئك أصحاب الميمنة
Transliteration
Olaika ashabu almaymanati
Word by word
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ
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).