আল বালাদ (নগরী)

1 I do call to witness this City; -

1 La oqsimu bihatha albaladi

1 Nay! I swear by this city.

2 And thou art a freeman of this City; -

2 Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi

2 And you shall be made free from obligation in this city - -

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

3 Wawalidin wama walada

3 And the begetter and whom he begot.

4 Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.

4 Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin

4 Certainly We have created man to be in distress.

5 Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?

5 Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun

5 Does he think that no one has power over him?

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

6 Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan

6 He shall say: I have wasted much wealth.

7 Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?

7 Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun

7 Does he think that no one sees him?

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

8 Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni

8 Have We not given him two eyes,

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

9 Walisanan washafatayni

9 And a tongue and two lips,

10 And shown him the two highways?

10 Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni

10 And pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways?

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

11 Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata

11 But he would not attempt the uphill road,

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

12 Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu

12 And what will make you comprehend what the uphill road is?

13 (It is:) freeing the bondman;

13 Fakku raqabatin

13 (It is) the setting free of a slave,

14 Or the giving of food in a day of privation

14 Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin

14 Or the giving of food in a day of hunger

15 To the orphan with claims of relationship,

15 Yateeman tha maqrabatin

15 To an orphan, having relationship,

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

16 Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin

16 Or to the poor man lying in the dust.

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

17 Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati

17 Then he is of those who believe and charge one another to show patience, and charge one another to show compassion.

18 Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.

18 Olaika ashabu almaymanati

18 These are the people of the right hand.

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

19 Waallatheena kafaroo biayatina hum ashabu almashamati

19 And (as for) those who disbelieve in our communications, they are the people of the left hand.

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

20 AAalayhim narun musadatun

20 On them is fire closed over.