AL BALAD (THE CITY)
(Revealed at Mecca – contains 20 verses – 1 section)
Allah – beginning with the name of – the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
| AYAT | TRANSLATION |
|---|---|
| 1 | لَا أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ |
| I swear by this city (Mecca) – | |
| 2 | وَأَنتَ حِلٌّ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ |
| For you (O dear Prophet Mohammed – peace and blessings be upon him) are in this city. | |
| 3 | وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ |
| And by oath of your forefather Ibrahim, and by you – his illustrious son! | |
| 4 | لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ فِي كَبَدٍ |
| We have indeed created man surrounded by hardships. | |
| 5 | أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ |
| Does man think that no one will ever have power over him? | |
| 6 | يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا |
| He says, “I destroyed vast wealth.” | |
| 7 | أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُ أَحَدٌ |
| Does man think that no one saw him? | |
| 8 | أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُ عَيْنَيْنِ |
| Did We not make two eyes for him? | |
| 9 | وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ |
| And a tongue and two lips? | |
| 10 | وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِ |
| And did We not guide him to the two elevated things? | |
| 11 | فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ |
| So he did not quickly enter the steep valley. | |
| 12 | وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ |
| And what have you understood, what the valley is! | |
| 13 | فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ |
| The freeing of a slave! | |
| 14 | أَوْ إِطْعَامٌ فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي مَسْغَبَةٍ |
| Or the feeding on a day of hunger. | |
| 15 | يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ |
| Of a related orphan, | |
| 16 | أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ |
| Or of a homeless needy person! | |
| 17 | ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْمَرْحَمَةِ |
| And moreover to be of those who accepted faith, and who urged patience to one another and who urged graciousness to one another. | |
| 18 | أُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ |
| These are the people of the right. | |
| 19 | وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ |
| And those who denied Our signs, are the people of the left. | |
| 20 | عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌ |
| Upon them is a fire, in which they are imprisoned, closed and shut above them. | |