Al Balad

Yusuf Ali

1 I do call to witness this City; -

Transliteration

1 La oqsimu bihatha albaladi

Shakir

1 Nay! I swear by this city.

Yusuf Ali

2 And thou art a freeman of this City; -

Transliteration

2 Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

3 Wawalidin wama walada

Shakir

3 And the begetter and whom he begot.

Yusuf Ali

4 Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.

Transliteration

4 Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin

Shakir

4 Certainly We have created man to be in distress.

Yusuf Ali

5 Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?

Transliteration

5 Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

6 Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan

Shakir

6 He shall say: I have wasted much wealth.

Yusuf Ali

7 Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?

Transliteration

7 Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun

Shakir

7 Does he think that no one sees him?

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

8 Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni

Shakir

8 Have We not given him two eyes,

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

9 Walisanan washafatayni

Shakir

9 And a tongue and two lips,

Yusuf Ali

10 And shown him the two highways?

Transliteration

10 Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni

Shakir

10 And pointed out to him the two conspicuous ways?

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

11 Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata

Shakir

11 But he would not attempt the uphill road,

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

12 Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

13 (It is:) freeing the bondman;

Transliteration

13 Fakku raqabatin

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

14 Or the giving of food in a day of privation

Transliteration

14 Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin

Shakir

14 Or the giving of food in a day of hunger

Yusuf Ali

15 To the orphan with claims of relationship,

Transliteration

15 Yateeman tha maqrabatin

Shakir

15 To an orphan, having relationship,

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

16 Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin

Shakir

16 Or to the poor man lying in the dust.

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

17 Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

18 Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.

Transliteration

18 Olaika ashabu almaymanati

Shakir

18 These are the people of the right hand.

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

19 Waallatheena kafaroo biayatina hum ashabu almashamati

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

20 AAalayhim narun musadatun

Shakir

20 On them is fire closed over.