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The Noble Qur'an » Al-Balad ( The City ) - البلد
لَا أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ البلد [1]
I swear by this city, Makkah - Al-Balad ( The City ) [1]
وَأَنتَ حِلٌّ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ البلد [2]
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city - Al-Balad ( The City ) [2]
وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ البلد [3]
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him], Al-Balad ( The City ) [3]
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ فِي كَبَدٍ البلد [4]
We have certainly created man into hardship. Al-Balad ( The City ) [4]
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ البلد [5]
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him? Al-Balad ( The City ) [5]
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا البلد [6]
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance." Al-Balad ( The City ) [6]
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُ أَحَدٌ البلد [7]
Does he think that no one has seen him? Al-Balad ( The City ) [7]
أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُ عَيْنَيْنِ البلد [8]
Have We not made for him two eyes? Al-Balad ( The City ) [8]
وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ البلد [9]
And a tongue and two lips? Al-Balad ( The City ) [9]
وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِ البلد [10]
And have shown him the two ways? Al-Balad ( The City ) [10]
فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ البلد [11]
But he has not broken through the difficult pass. Al-Balad ( The City ) [11]
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ البلد [12]
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass? Al-Balad ( The City ) [12]
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ البلد [13]
It is the freeing of a slave Al-Balad ( The City ) [13]
أَوْ إِطْعَامٌ فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي مَسْغَبَةٍ البلد [14]
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger Al-Balad ( The City ) [14]
يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ البلد [15]
An orphan of near relationship Al-Balad ( The City ) [15]
أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ البلد [16]
Or a needy person in misery Al-Balad ( The City ) [16]
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْمَرْحَمَةِ البلد [17]
And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion. Al-Balad ( The City ) [17]
أُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ البلد [18]
Those are the companions of the right. Al-Balad ( The City ) [18]
وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ البلد [19]
But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left. Al-Balad ( The City ) [19]
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌ البلد [20]
Over them will be fire closed in. Al-Balad ( The City ) [20]