Al Balad

Yusuf Ali

1 I do call to witness this City; -

Saheeh International

1 I swear by this city, Makkah -

Shakir

1 Nay! I swear by this city.

Yusuf Ali

2 And thou art a freeman of this City; -

Saheeh International

2 And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

3 And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],

Shakir

3 And the begetter and whom he begot.

Yusuf Ali

4 Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.

Saheeh International

4 We have certainly created man into hardship.

Shakir

4 Certainly We have created man to be in distress.

Yusuf Ali

5 Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?

Saheeh International

5 Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?

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!

Saheeh International

6 He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."

Shakir

6 He shall say: I have wasted much wealth.

Yusuf Ali

7 Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?

Saheeh International

7 Does he think that no one has seen him?

Shakir

7 Does he think that no one sees him?

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

8 Have We not made for him two eyes?

Shakir

8 Have We not given him two eyes,

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

9 And a tongue and two lips?

Shakir

9 And a tongue and two lips,

Yusuf Ali

10 And shown him the two highways?

Saheeh International

10 And have shown him the two ways?

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.

Saheeh International

11 But he has not broken through the difficult pass.

Shakir

11 But he would not attempt the uphill road,

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

12 And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

13 (It is:) freeing the bondman;

Saheeh International

13 It is the freeing of a slave

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

14 Or the giving of food in a day of privation

Saheeh International

14 Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

Shakir

14 Or the giving of food in a day of hunger

Yusuf Ali

15 To the orphan with claims of relationship,

Saheeh International

15 An orphan of near relationship

Shakir

15 To an orphan, having relationship,

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

16 Or a needy person in misery

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.

Saheeh International

17 And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.

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.

Saheeh International

18 Those are the companions of the right.

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.

Saheeh International

19 But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.

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).

Saheeh International

20 Over them will be fire closed in.

Shakir

20 On them is fire closed over.