Al Balad

Saheeh International

1 I swear by this city, Makkah -

Transliteration

1 La oqsimu bihatha albaladi

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Nay, I swear by this city -

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

2 Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

2 And you are free (from sin, and to punish the enemies of Islam on the Day of the conquest) in this city (Makkah).

Pickthall

2 And thou art an indweller of this city -

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

3 Wawalidin wama walada

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

3 And the begetter and that which he begat,

Saheeh International

4 We have certainly created man into hardship.

Transliteration

4 Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

4 Verily, We have created man in toil.

Pickthall

4 We verily have created man in an atmosphere:

Saheeh International

5 Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?

Transliteration

5 Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

5 Does he think that none can overcome him?

Pickthall

5 Thinketh he that none hath power over him ?

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

6 Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

6 And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth:

Saheeh International

7 Does he think that no one has seen him?

Transliteration

7 Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

7 Does he think that none sees him?

Pickthall

7 Thinketh he that none beholdeth him ?

Saheeh International

8 Have We not made for him two eyes?

Transliteration

8 Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

8 Have We not made for him two eyes,

Pickthall

8 Did We not assign unto him two eyes

Saheeh International

9 And a tongue and two lips?

Transliteration

9 Walisanan washafatayni

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

9 And a tongue and two lips?

Pickthall

9 And a tongue and two lips,

Saheeh International

10 And have shown him the two ways?

Transliteration

10 Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

10 And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways ?

Saheeh International

11 But he has not broken through the difficult pass.

Transliteration

11 Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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).

Pickthall

11 But he hath not attempted the Ascent -

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

12 Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

12 Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is! -

Saheeh International

13 It is the freeing of a slave

Transliteration

13 Fakku raqabatin

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

13 (It is) freeing a neck (slave)

Pickthall

13 (It is) to free a slave,

Saheeh International

14 Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

Transliteration

14 Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

14 And to feed in the day of hunger.

Saheeh International

15 An orphan of near relationship

Transliteration

15 Yateeman tha maqrabatin

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

15 To an orphan near of kin.

Pickthall

15 An orphan near of kin,

Saheeh International

16 Or a needy person in misery

Transliteration

16 Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

16 Or some poor wretch in misery,

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

17 Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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.

Pickthall

17 And to be of those who believe and exhort one another to perseverance and exhort one another to pity.

Saheeh International

18 Those are the companions of the right.

Transliteration

18 Olaika ashabu almaymanati

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

18 Their place will be on the right hand.

Saheeh International

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

Transliteration

19 Waallatheena kafaroo biayatina hum ashabu almashamati

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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).

Pickthall

19 But those who disbelieve Our revelations, their place will be on the left hand.

Saheeh International

20 Over them will be fire closed in.

Transliteration

20 AAalayhim narun musadatun

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

20 The Fire will be shut over them (i.e. they will be enveloped by the Fire without any opening or window or outlet.

Pickthall

20 Fire will be an awning over them.