Al-Balad

Basmala, before verse 1: بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. Verse 1:

   لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ1

   I swear by this city [i.e., Makkah] –

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2. Verse 2:

   وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ2

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

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3. Verse 3:

   وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ3

   And [by] the father^{note 1924} and that which was born [of him],

   Notes, Verse 3

   [1924] Said to be Adam (upon him be peace) .

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4. Verse 4:

   لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ4

   We have certainly created man into hardship.

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5. Verse 5:

   أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ5

   Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?

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6. Verse 6:

   يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا6

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

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7. Verse 7:

   أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ7

   Does he think that no one has seen him?

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8. Verse 8:

   أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ8

   Have We not made for him two eyes?

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9. Verse 9:

   وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ9

   And a tongue and two lips?

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10. Verse 10:

    وَهَدَيْنَـٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ10

    And have shown him the two ways?^{note 1925}

    Notes, Verse 10

    [1925] Of good and evil.

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11. Verse 11:

    فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ11

    But he has not broken through the difficult pass.^{note 1926}

    Notes, Verse 11

    [1926] i.e., the steep incline or obstacle. In other words, he has not spent in the cause of Allāh but only boasts of spending in front of others.

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12. Verse 12:

    وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ12

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

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13. Verse 13:

    فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ13

    It is the freeing of a slave

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14. Verse 14:

    أَوْ إِطْعَـٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ14

    Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

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15. Verse 15:

    يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ15

    An orphan of near relationship

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16. Verse 16:

    أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ16

    Or a needy person in misery

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17. Verse 17:

    ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ17

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

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18. Verse 18:

    أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ18

    Those are the companions of the right.^{note 1927}

    Notes, Verse 18

    [1927] Or "the companions of good fortune," i.e., those who receive their records in their right hands and proceed to Paradise.

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19. Verse 19:

    وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ19

    But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.^{note 1928}

    Notes, Verse 19

    [1928] Or "the companions of ill fortune," i.e., those who receive their records in their left hands and proceed to Hell.

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20. Verse 20:

    عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ20

    Over them will be fire closed in.^{note 1929}

    Notes, Verse 20

    [1929] The cover over Hell will be sealed and locked, containing its fire and its inhabitants.

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