Surah Al-Balad

لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ ﴿١﴾

Laaa uqsimu bihaazal balad

1I swear by this city, Makkah -

وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ ﴿٢﴾

Wa anta hillum bihaazal balad

2And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -

وَوَالِدٍۢ وَمَا وَلَدَ ﴿٣﴾

Wa waalidinw wa maa walad

3And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],

لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ ﴿٤﴾

Laqad khalaqnal insaana fee kabad

4We have certainly created man into hardship.

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌۭ ﴿٥﴾

Ayahsabu al-lai yaqdira 'alaihi ahad

5Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?

يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًۭا لُّبَدًا ﴿٦﴾

Yaqoolu ahlaktu maalal lubadaa

6He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ ﴿٧﴾

Ayahsabu al lam yarahooo ahad

7Does he think that no one has seen him?

أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ ﴿٨﴾

Alam naj'al lahoo 'aynayn

8Have We not made for him two eyes?

وَلِسَانًۭا وَشَفَتَيْنِ ﴿٩﴾

Wa lisaananw wa shafatayn

9And a tongue and two lips?

وَهَدَيْنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ ﴿١٠﴾

Wa hadaynaahun najdayn

10And have shown him the two ways?

فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ ﴿١١﴾

Falaq tahamal-'aqabah

11But he has not broken through the difficult pass.

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ ﴿١٢﴾

Wa maaa adraaka mal'aqabah

12And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ ﴿١٣﴾

Fakku raqabah

13It is the freeing of a slave

أَوْ إِطْعَٰمٌۭ فِى يَوْمٍۢ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍۢ ﴿١٤﴾

Aw it'aamun fee yawmin zee masghabah

14Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

يَتِيمًۭا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ ﴿١٥﴾

Yateeman zaa maqrabah

15An orphan of near relationship

أَوْ مِسْكِينًۭا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍۢ ﴿١٦﴾

Aw miskeenan zaa matrabah

16Or a needy person in misery

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ ﴿١٧﴾

Summa kaana minal lazeena aamanoo wa tawaasaw bissabri wa tawaasaw bilmarhamah

17And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ ﴿١٨﴾

Ulaaa'ika As-haabul maimanah

18Those are the companions of the right.

وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ ﴿١٩﴾

Wallazeena kafaroo bi aayaatinaa hum as-haabul Mash'amah

19But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.

عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌۭ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ ﴿٢٠﴾

Alaihim naarum mu'sadah

20Over them will be fire closed in.