Al Balad

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

1 I swear by this city, Makkah -

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

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

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

4 Verily, We have created man in toil.

4 We have certainly created man into hardship.

5 Does he think that none can overcome him?

5 Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?

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

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

7 Does he think that none sees him?

7 Does he think that no one has seen him?

8 Have We not made for him two eyes,

8 Have We not made for him two eyes?

9 And a tongue and two lips?

9 And a tongue and two lips?

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

10 And have shown him the two 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 But he has not broken through the difficult pass.

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

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

13 (It is) freeing a neck (slave)

13 It is the freeing of a slave

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

14 Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

15 To an orphan near of kin.

15 An orphan of near relationship

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

16 Or a needy person 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 And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.

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

18 Those are the companions of the right.

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

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 Over them will be fire closed in.