English - Yusuf Ali
Surah Al-Balad ( The City ) - Aya count 20
لَا أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ
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I swear by this city, Makkah -
وَأَنتَ حِلٌّ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ
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And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -
وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ
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And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ فِي كَبَدٍ
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We have certainly created man into hardship.
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ
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Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا
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He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُ أَحَدٌ
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Does he think that no one has seen him?
أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُ عَيْنَيْنِ
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Have We not made for him two eyes?
وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ
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And a tongue and two lips?
وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِ
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And have shown him the two ways?
فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ
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But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ
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And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
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It is the freeing of a slave
أَوْ إِطْعَامٌ فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي مَسْغَبَةٍ
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Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ
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An orphan of near relationship
أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ
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Or a needy person in misery
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْمَرْحَمَةِ
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And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.
أُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ
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Those are the companions of the right.
وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ
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But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌ
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Over them will be fire closed in.