Al Balad

1 I do call to witness this City; -

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

1 La oqsimu bihatha albaladi

2 And thou art a freeman of 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

3 And (the mystic ties of) parent and child; -

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

3 Wawalidin wama walada

4 Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.

4 Verily, We have created man in toil.

4 Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin

5 Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?

5 Does he think that none can overcome him?

5 Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun

6 He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance!

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

6 Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan

7 Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?

7 Does he think that none sees him?

7 Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun

8 Have We not made for him a pair of eyes? -

8 Have We not made for him two eyes,

8 Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni

9 And a tongue, and a pair of lips? -

9 And a tongue and two lips?

9 Walisanan washafatayni

10 And shown him the two highways?

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

10 Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni

11 But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep.

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

12 And what will explain to thee the path that is steep? -

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

12 Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu

13 (It is:) freeing the bondman;

13 (It is) freeing a neck (slave)

13 Fakku raqabatin

14 Or the giving of food in a day of privation

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

14 Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin

15 To the orphan with claims of relationship,

15 To an orphan near of kin.

15 Yateeman tha maqrabatin

16 Or to the indigent (down) in the dust.

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

16 Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin

17 Then will he be of those who believe, and enjoin patience, (constancy, and self - restraint), and enjoin deeds of kindness and compassion.

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

18 Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.

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

18 Olaika ashabu almaymanati

19 But those who reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) Companions of the Left 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

20 On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round).

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