Al Balad

Yusuf Ali

1 I do call to witness this City; -

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

2 And thou art a freeman of this City; -

Pickthall

2 And thou art an indweller of this city -

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).

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

3 And the begetter and that which he begat,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

4 Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.

Pickthall

4 We verily have created man in an atmosphere:

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

4 Verily, We have created man in toil.

Yusuf Ali

5 Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?

Pickthall

5 Thinketh he that none hath power over him ?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

5 Does he think that none can overcome him?

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

6 And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth:

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

7 Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?

Pickthall

7 Thinketh he that none beholdeth him ?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

7 Does he think that none sees him?

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

8 Did We not assign unto him two eyes

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

8 Have We not made for him two eyes,

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

9 And a tongue and two lips,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

9 And a tongue and two lips?

Yusuf Ali

10 And shown him the two highways?

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

11 But he hath not attempted the Ascent -

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).

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

13 (It is:) freeing the bondman;

Pickthall

13 (It is) to free a slave,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

13 (It is) freeing a neck (slave)

Yusuf Ali

14 Or the giving of food in a day of privation

Pickthall

14 And to feed in the day of hunger.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

15 To the orphan with claims of relationship,

Pickthall

15 An orphan near of kin,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

15 To an orphan near of kin.

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

16 Or some poor wretch in misery,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

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.

Pickthall

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

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.

Yusuf Ali

18 Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.

Pickthall

18 Their place will be on the right hand.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

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

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).

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

20 Fire will be an awning over them.

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.