English - Yusuf Ali
Surah Al-Balad ( The City ) - Aya count 20
لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ ﰀ ﴿١﴾
I do call to witness this City;-
وَأَنتَ حِلُّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ ﰁ ﴿٢﴾
And thou art a freeman of this City;-
وَوَالِدٖ وَمَا وَلَدَ ﰂ ﴿٣﴾
And (the mystic ties of) parent and child;-
لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ فِي كَبَدٍ ﰃ ﴿٤﴾
Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.
أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ أَحَدٞ ﰄ ﴿٥﴾
Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?
يَقُولُ أَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالٗا لُّبَدًا ﰅ ﴿٦﴾
He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance!
أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّمۡ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ ﰆ ﴿٧﴾
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?
أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ عَيۡنَيۡنِ ﰇ ﴿٨﴾
Have We not made for him a pair of eyes?-
وَلِسَانٗا وَشَفَتَيۡنِ ﰈ ﴿٩﴾
And a tongue, and a pair of lips?-
وَهَدَيۡنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجۡدَيۡنِ ﰉ ﴿١٠﴾
And shown him the two highways?
فَلَا ٱقۡتَحَمَ ٱلۡعَقَبَةَ ﰊ ﴿١١﴾
But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep.
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡعَقَبَةُ ﰋ ﴿١٢﴾
And what will explain to thee the path that is steep?-
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ ﰌ ﴿١٣﴾
(It is:) freeing the bondman;
أَوۡ إِطۡعَٰمٞ فِي يَوۡمٖ ذِي مَسۡغَبَةٖ ﰍ ﴿١٤﴾
Or the giving of food in a day of privation
يَتِيمٗا ذَا مَقۡرَبَةٍ ﰎ ﴿١٥﴾
To the orphan with claims of relationship,
أَوۡ مِسۡكِينٗا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةٖ ﰏ ﴿١٦﴾
Or to the indigent (down) in the dust.
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلۡمَرۡحَمَةِ ﰐ ﴿١٧﴾
Then will he be of those who believe, and enjoin patience, (constancy, and self-restraint), and enjoin deeds of kindness and compassion.
أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ ﰑ ﴿١٨﴾
Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمۡ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ ﰒ ﴿١٩﴾
But those who reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) Companions of the Left Hand.
عَلَيۡهِمۡ نَارٞ مُّؤۡصَدَةُۢ ﰓ ﴿٢٠﴾
On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round).
