আল বালাদ (শহর)

1 La oqsimu bihatha albaladi

1 I do call to witness this City; -

1 Nay! I swear by this city.

2 Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi

2 And thou art a freeman of this City; -

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

3 Wawalidin wama walada

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

3 And the begetter and whom he begot.

4 Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin

4 Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.

4 Certainly We have created man to be in distress.

5 Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun

5 Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?

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

6 Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan

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

6 He shall say: I have wasted much wealth.

7 Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun

7 Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?

7 Does he think that no one sees him?

8 Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni

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

8 Have We not given him two eyes,

9 Walisanan washafatayni

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

9 And a tongue and two lips,

10 Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni

10 And shown him the two highways?

10 And pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways?

11 Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata

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

11 But he would not attempt the uphill road,

12 Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu

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

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

13 Fakku raqabatin

13 (It is:) freeing the bondman;

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

14 Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin

14 Or the giving of food in a day of privation

14 Or the giving of food in a day of hunger

15 Yateeman tha maqrabatin

15 To the orphan with claims of relationship,

15 To an orphan, having relationship,

16 Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin

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

16 Or to the poor man lying in the dust.

17 Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati

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

18 Olaika ashabu almaymanati

18 Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.

18 These are the people of the right hand.

19 Waallatheena kafaroo biayatina hum ashabu almashamati

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

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

20 AAalayhim narun musadatun

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

20 On them is fire closed over.