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The Noble Qur'an » Al-Balad ( The City ) - البلد

لَا أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ البلد [1]

I swear by this city, Makkah - Al-Balad ( The City ) [1]

وَأَنتَ حِلٌّ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ البلد [2]

And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city - Al-Balad ( The City ) [2]

وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ البلد [3]

And [by] the father and that which was born [of him], Al-Balad ( The City ) [3]

لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ فِي كَبَدٍ البلد [4]

We have certainly created man into hardship. Al-Balad ( The City ) [4]

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ البلد [5]

Does he think that never will anyone overcome him? Al-Balad ( The City ) [5]

يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا البلد [6]

He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance." Al-Balad ( The City ) [6]

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُ أَحَدٌ البلد [7]

Does he think that no one has seen him? Al-Balad ( The City ) [7]

أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُ عَيْنَيْنِ البلد [8]

Have We not made for him two eyes? Al-Balad ( The City ) [8]

وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ البلد [9]

And a tongue and two lips? Al-Balad ( The City ) [9]

وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِ البلد [10]

And have shown him the two ways? Al-Balad ( The City ) [10]

فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ البلد [11]

But he has not broken through the difficult pass. Al-Balad ( The City ) [11]

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ البلد [12]

And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass? Al-Balad ( The City ) [12]

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ البلد [13]

It is the freeing of a slave Al-Balad ( The City ) [13]

أَوْ إِطْعَامٌ فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي مَسْغَبَةٍ البلد [14]

Or feeding on a day of severe hunger Al-Balad ( The City ) [14]

يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ البلد [15]

An orphan of near relationship Al-Balad ( The City ) [15]

أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ البلد [16]

Or a needy person in misery Al-Balad ( The City ) [16]

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْمَرْحَمَةِ البلد [17]

And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion. Al-Balad ( The City ) [17]

أُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ البلد [18]

Those are the companions of the right. Al-Balad ( The City ) [18]

وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ البلد [19]

But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left. Al-Balad ( The City ) [19]

عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌ البلد [20]

Over them will be fire closed in. Al-Balad ( The City ) [20]

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