البلد
Al-Balad
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِI swear by this city [i.e., Makkah]وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِAnd you, [O Muḥammad], are free of restriction in this cityوَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَAnd [by] the father and that which was born [of him],لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍWe have certainly created man into hardship.أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌDoes he think that never will anyone overcome him?يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًاHe says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌDoes he think that no one has seen him?أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِHave We not made for him two eyes?وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِAnd a tongue and two lips?وَهَدَيْنَـٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِAnd have shown him the two ways?فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَBut he has not broken through the difficult pass.وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُAnd what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍIt is the freeing of a slaveأَوْ إِطْعَـٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍOr feeding on a day of severe hungerيَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍAn orphan of near relationshipأَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍOr a needy person in miseryثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِAnd then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِThose are the companions of the right.وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِBut they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢOver them will be fire closed in.