Al Balad

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

1 La oqsimu bihatha albaladi

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

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

2 Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi

2 And thou art an indweller of this city -

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

3 Wawalidin wama walada

3 And the begetter and that which he begat,

4 Verily, We have created man in toil.

4 Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin

4 We verily have created man in an atmosphere:

5 Does he think that none can overcome him?

5 Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun

5 Thinketh he that none hath power over him ?

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

6 Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan

6 And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth:

7 Does he think that none sees him?

7 Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun

7 Thinketh he that none beholdeth him ?

8 Have We not made for him two eyes,

8 Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni

8 Did We not assign unto him two eyes

9 And a tongue and two lips?

9 Walisanan washafatayni

9 And a tongue and two lips,

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

10 Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni

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

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).

11 Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata

11 But he hath not attempted the Ascent -

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

12 Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu

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

13 (It is) freeing a neck (slave)

13 Fakku raqabatin

13 (It is) to free a slave,

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

14 Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin

14 And to feed in the day of hunger.

15 To an orphan near of kin.

15 Yateeman tha maqrabatin

15 An orphan near of kin,

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

16 Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin

16 Or some poor wretch in misery,

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.

17 Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati

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

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

18 Olaika ashabu almaymanati

18 Their place will be on the right hand.

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).

19 Waallatheena kafaroo biayatina hum ashabu almashamati

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

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

20 AAalayhim narun musadatun

20 Fire will be an awning over them.