Al Balad, Al-Quran English Tran. Yousuf Ali

Yusuf Ali

I do call to witness this City; -

Arabic

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بهذا البلد

Arabic, with marks

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ لَا أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Word by word

لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ

Yusuf Ali

And thou art a freeman of this City; -

Arabic

وأنت حل بهذا البلد

Arabic, with marks

وَأَنتَ حِلٌّ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Word by word

وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ

Yusuf Ali

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

Arabic

ووالد وما ولد

Arabic, with marks

وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Word by word

وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ

Yusuf Ali

Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.

Arabic

لقد خلقنا الإنسان في كبد

Arabic, with marks

لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ فِي كَبَدٍ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Verily, We have created man in toil.

Word by word

لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ

Yusuf Ali

Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?

Arabic

أيحسب أن لن يقدر عليه أحد

Arabic, with marks

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Does he think that none can overcome him?

Word by word

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ

Yusuf Ali

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

Arabic

يقول أهلكت مالا لبدا

Arabic, with marks

يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Word by word

يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا

Yusuf Ali

Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?

Arabic

أيحسب أن لم يره أحد

Arabic, with marks

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُ أَحَدٌ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Does he think that none sees him?

Word by word

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

Yusuf Ali

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

Arabic

ألم نجعل له عينين

Arabic, with marks

أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُ عَيْنَيْنِ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Have We not made for him two eyes,

Word by word

أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ

Yusuf Ali

And a tongue, and a pair of lips? -

Arabic

ولسانا وشفتين

Arabic, with marks

وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And a tongue and two lips?

Word by word

وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ

Yusuf Ali

And shown him the two highways?

Arabic

وهديناه النجدين

Arabic, with marks

وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Word by word

وَهَدَيْنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ

Yusuf Ali

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

Arabic

فلا اقتحم العقبة

Arabic, with marks

فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

But he has not attempted to pass on the path that is steep (i.e. the path which will lead to goodness and success).

Word by word

فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ

Yusuf Ali

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

Arabic

وما أدراك ما العقبة

Arabic, with marks

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Word by word

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ

Yusuf Ali

(It is:) freeing the bondman;

Arabic

فك رقبة

Arabic, with marks

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

(It is) freeing a neck (slave)

Word by word

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ

Yusuf Ali

Or the giving of food in a day of privation

Arabic

أو إطعام في يوم ذي مسغبة

Arabic, with marks

أَوْ إِطْعَامٌ فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي مَسْغَبَةٍ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Word by word

أَوْ إِطْعَٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ

Yusuf Ali

To the orphan with claims of relationship,

Arabic

يتيما ذا مقربة

Arabic, with marks

يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

To an orphan near of kin.

Word by word

يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ

Yusuf Ali

Or to the indigent (down) in the dust.

Arabic

أو مسكينا ذا متربة

Arabic, with marks

أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Word by word

أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ

Yusuf Ali

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

Arabic

ثم كان من الذين آمنوا وتواصوا بالصبر وتواصوا بالمرحمة

Arabic, with marks

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْمَرْحَمَةِ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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.

Word by word

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ

Yusuf Ali

Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.

Arabic

أولئك أصحاب الميمنة

Arabic, with marks

أُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Word by word

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ

Yusuf Ali

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

Arabic

والذين كفروا بآياتنا هم أصحاب المشأمة

Arabic, with marks

وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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).

Word by word

وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ

Yusuf Ali

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

Arabic

عليهم نار مؤصدة

Arabic, with marks

عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Word by word

عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ

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