Al Balad

Yusuf Ali

1 I do call to witness this City; -

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

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2 And thou art a freeman of this City; -

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

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

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

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4 Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.

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4 Verily, We have created man in toil.

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5 Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?

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5 Does he think that none can overcome him?

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

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

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7 Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?

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7 Does he think that none sees him?

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

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8 Have We not made for him two eyes,

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

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9 And a tongue and two lips?

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10 And shown him the two highways?

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

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

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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).

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

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

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13 (It is:) freeing the bondman;

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13 (It is) freeing a neck (slave)

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14 Or the giving of food in a day of privation

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

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15 To the orphan with claims of relationship,

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15 To an orphan near of kin.

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

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

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

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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.

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18 Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.

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

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

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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).

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

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