আল বালাদ (শহর)

1 I do call to witness this City; -

1 La oqsimu bihatha albaladi

1 I swear by this city, Makkah -

2 And thou art a freeman of this City; -

2 Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi

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

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

3 Wawalidin wama walada

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

4 Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.

4 Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin

4 We have certainly created man into hardship.

5 Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?

5 Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun

5 Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?

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

6 Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan

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

7 Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?

7 Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun

7 Does he think that no one has seen him?

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

8 Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni

8 Have We not made for 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 have shown him the two ways?

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

11 Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata

11 But he has not broken through the difficult pass.

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

12 Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu

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

13 (It is:) freeing the bondman;

13 Fakku raqabatin

13 It is the freeing of a slave

14 Or the giving of food in a day of privation

14 Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin

14 Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

15 To the orphan with claims of relationship,

15 Yateeman tha maqrabatin

15 An orphan of near relationship

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

16 Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin

16 Or a needy person in misery

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 And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.

18 Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.

18 Olaika ashabu almaymanati

18 Those are the companions of the right.

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

19 Waallatheena kafaroo biayatina hum ashabu almashamati

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

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

20 AAalayhim narun musadatun

20 Over them will be fire closed in.