Surah Al-Balad

لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ ﴿١﴾

La oqsimu bihatha albaladi

I swear by this city, Makkah

وَأَنتَ حِلُّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ ﴿٢﴾

Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi

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

وَوَالِدٖ وَمَا وَلَدَ ﴿٣﴾

Wawalidin wama walada

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

لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ فِي كَبَدٍ ﴿٤﴾

Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin

We have certainly created man into hardship

أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ أَحَدٞ ﴿٥﴾

Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira ʿalayhi ahadun

Does he think that never will anyone overcome him

يَقُولُ أَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالٗا لُّبَدًا ﴿٦﴾

Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan

He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance

أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّمۡ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ ﴿٧﴾

Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun

Does he think that no one has seen him

أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ عَيۡنَيۡنِ ﴿٨﴾

Alam najʿal lahu ʿaynayni

Have We not made for him two eyes

وَلِسَانٗا وَشَفَتَيۡنِ ﴿٩﴾

Walisanan washafatayni

And a tongue and two lips

وَهَدَيۡنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجۡدَيۡنِ ﴿١٠﴾

Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni

And have shown him the two ways

فَلَا ٱقۡتَحَمَ ٱلۡعَقَبَةَ ﴿١١﴾

Fala iqtahama alʿaqabata

But he has not broken through the difficult pass

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡعَقَبَةُ ﴿١٢﴾

Wama adraka ma alʿaqabatu

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

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ ﴿١٣﴾

Fakku raqabatin

It is the freeing of a slave

أَوۡ إِطۡعَٰمٞ فِي يَوۡمٖ ذِي مَسۡغَبَةٖ ﴿١٤﴾

Aw itʿamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin

Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

يَتِيمٗا ذَا مَقۡرَبَةٍ ﴿١٥﴾

Yateeman tha maqrabatin

An orphan of near relationship

أَوۡ مِسۡكِينٗا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةٖ ﴿١٦﴾

Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin

Or a needy person in misery

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلۡمَرۡحَمَةِ ﴿١٧﴾

Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati

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

أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ ﴿١٨﴾

Olaika ashabu almaymanati

Those are the companions of the right

وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمۡ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ ﴿١٩﴾

Waallatheena kafaroo biayatina hum ashabu almashamati

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

عَلَيۡهِمۡ نَارٞ مُّؤۡصَدَةُۢ ﴿٢٠﴾

ʿalayhim narun musadatun

Over them will be fire closed in