Al-Balad

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ

Nay, I swear by this city

وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ

And thou art an indweller of this city

وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ

And the begetter and that which he begat

لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ

We verily have created man in an atmosphere

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ

Thinketh he that none hath power over him

يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا

And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

Thinketh he that none beholdeth him

أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ

Did We not assign unto him two eyes

وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ

And a tongue and two lips

وَهَدَيْنَـٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ

And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways

فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ

But he hath not attempted the Ascent

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ

Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ

(It is) to free a slave

أَوْ إِطْعَـٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ

And to feed in the day of hunger

يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ

An orphan near of kin

أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ

Or some poor wretch in misery

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ

And to be of those who believe and exhort one another to perseverance and exhort one another to pity

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ

Their place will be on the right hand

وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ

But those who disbelieve Our revelations, their place will be on the left hand

عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ

Fire will be an awning over them