Surah Al Balad

لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِہَـٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ  

I swear by this city (Makkah);

وَأَنتَ حِلُّۢ بِہَـٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ  

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

وَوَالِدٍ۬ وَمَا وَلَدَ

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

لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ

Verily, We have created man in toil.

أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ أَحَدٌ۬  

Thinks he that none can overcome him?

يَقُولُ أَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالاً۬ لُّبَدًا  

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

أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّمۡ يَرَهُ ۥۤ أَحَدٌ  

Thinks he that none sees him?

أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُ ۥ عَيۡنَيۡنِ  

Have We not made for him a pair of eyes?

وَلِسَانً۬ا وَشَفَتَيۡنِ   

And a tongue and a pair of lips?

وَهَدَيۡنَـٰهُ ٱلنَّجۡدَيۡنِ  

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

فَلَا ٱقۡتَحَمَ ٱلۡعَقَبَةَ  

But he has made no effort to pass on the path that is steep.

وَمَآ أَدۡرَٮٰكَ مَا ٱلۡعَقَبَةُ  

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

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ  

(It is) Freeing a neck (slave, etc.)

أَوۡ إِطۡعَـٰمٌ۬ فِى يَوۡمٍ۬ ذِى مَسۡغَبَةٍ۬  

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

يَتِيمً۬ا ذَا مَقۡرَبَةٍ  

To an orphan near of kin.

أَوۡ مِسۡكِينً۬ا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةٍ۬

Or to a Miskîn (poor) afflicted with misery.

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ

Then he became one of those who believed,

وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلۡمَرۡحَمَةِ  

and recommended one another to perseverance and patience, and (also) recommended one another to pity and compassion.

أُوْلَـٰٓٮِٕكَ أَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ  

They are those on the Right Hand (the dwellers of Paradise),

وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا هُمۡ أَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ  

But those who disbelieved in Our Ayât (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.), they are those on the Left Hand (the dwellers of Hell).

عَلَيۡہِمۡ نَارٌ۬ مُّؤۡصَدَةُۢ  

The Fire will be shut over them.

(i.e. they will be enveloped by the Fire without any opening or window or outlet)

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