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Surah Al-Balad ( The City ) - Aya count 20
لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ ﰀ ﴿١﴾
I swear by this city, Makkah -
وَأَنتَ حِلُّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ ﰁ ﴿٢﴾
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -
وَوَالِدٖ وَمَا وَلَدَ ﰂ ﴿٣﴾
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ فِي كَبَدٍ ﰃ ﴿٤﴾
We have certainly created man into hardship.
أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ أَحَدٞ ﰄ ﴿٥﴾
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
يَقُولُ أَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالٗا لُّبَدًا ﰅ ﴿٦﴾
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّمۡ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ ﰆ ﴿٧﴾
Does he think that no one has seen him?
أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ عَيۡنَيۡنِ ﰇ ﴿٨﴾
Have We not made for him two eyes?
وَلِسَانٗا وَشَفَتَيۡنِ ﰈ ﴿٩﴾
And a tongue and two lips?
وَهَدَيۡنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجۡدَيۡنِ ﰉ ﴿١٠﴾
And have shown him the two ways?
فَلَا ٱقۡتَحَمَ ٱلۡعَقَبَةَ ﰊ ﴿١١﴾
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡعَقَبَةُ ﰋ ﴿١٢﴾
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ ﰌ ﴿١٣﴾
It is the freeing of a slave
أَوۡ إِطۡعَٰمٞ فِي يَوۡمٖ ذِي مَسۡغَبَةٖ ﰍ ﴿١٤﴾
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
يَتِيمٗا ذَا مَقۡرَبَةٍ ﰎ ﴿١٥﴾
An orphan of near relationship
أَوۡ مِسۡكِينٗا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةٖ ﰏ ﴿١٦﴾
Or a needy person in misery
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلۡمَرۡحَمَةِ ﰐ ﴿١٧﴾
And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.
أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ ﰑ ﴿١٨﴾
Those are the companions of the right.
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمۡ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ ﰒ ﴿١٩﴾
But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.
عَلَيۡهِمۡ نَارٞ مُّؤۡصَدَةُۢ ﰓ ﴿٢٠﴾
Over them will be fire closed in.
