Yusuf Ali
I do call to witness this City; -
Arabic
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لا أقسم بهذا البلد
Al Balad
Chapter 90, 20 verses
Yusuf Ali
And thou art a freeman of this City; -
Arabic
وأنت حل بهذا البلد
Yusuf Ali
And (the mystic ties of) parent and child; -
Arabic
ووالد وما ولد
Yusuf Ali
Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.
Arabic
لقد خلقنا الإنسان في كبد
Yusuf Ali
Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?
Arabic
أيحسب أن لن يقدر عليه أحد
Yusuf Ali
He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance!
Arabic
يقول أهلكت مالا لبدا
Yusuf Ali
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?
Arabic
أيحسب أن لم يره أحد
Yusuf Ali
Have We not made for him a pair of eyes? -
Arabic
ألم نجعل له عينين
Yusuf Ali
And a tongue, and a pair of lips? -
Arabic
ولسانا وشفتين
Yusuf Ali
And shown him the two highways?
Arabic
وهديناه النجدين
Yusuf Ali
But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep.
Arabic
فلا اقتحم العقبة
Yusuf Ali
And what will explain to thee the path that is steep? -
Arabic
وما أدراك ما العقبة
Yusuf Ali
(It is:) freeing the bondman;
Arabic
فك رقبة
Yusuf Ali
Or the giving of food in a day of privation
Arabic
أو إطعام في يوم ذي مسغبة
Yusuf Ali
To the orphan with claims of relationship,
Arabic
يتيما ذا مقربة
Yusuf Ali
Or to the indigent (down) in the dust.
Arabic
أو مسكينا ذا متربة
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
Yusuf Ali
Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.
Arabic
أولئك أصحاب الميمنة
Yusuf Ali
But those who reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) Companions of the Left Hand.
Arabic
والذين كفروا بآياتنا هم أصحاب المشأمة
Yusuf Ali
On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round).
Arabic
عليهم نار مؤصدة