Al-Balad

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 1Juz 30 · page 594

   لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ

   (1) I swear by this city [i.e., Makkah] –

2. 2Juz 30 · page 594

   وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ

   (2) And you, [O Muḥammad], are free of restriction in this city –

3. 3Juz 30 · page 594

   وَوَالِدٍۢ وَمَا وَلَدَ

   (3) And [by] the father[1924] and that which was born [of him],

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4. 4Juz 30 · page 594

   لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ

   (4) We have certainly created man into hardship.

5. 5Juz 30 · page 594

   أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌۭ

   (5) Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?

6. 6Juz 30 · page 594

   يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًۭا لُّبَدًا

   (6) He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."

7. 7Juz 30 · page 594

   أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

   (7) Does he think that no one has seen him?

8. 8Juz 30 · page 594

   أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ

   (8) Have We not made for him two eyes?

9. 9Juz 30 · page 594

   وَلِسَانًۭا وَشَفَتَيْنِ

   (9) And a tongue and two lips?

10. 10Juz 30 · page 594

    وَهَدَيْنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ

    (10) And have shown him the two ways?[1925]

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11. 11Juz 30 · page 594

    فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ

    (11) But he has not broken through the difficult pass.[1926]

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12. 12Juz 30 · page 594

    وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ

    (12) And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?

13. 13Juz 30 · page 594

    فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ

    (13) It is the freeing of a slave

14. 14Juz 30 · page 594

    أَوْ إِطْعَٰمٌۭ فِى يَوْمٍۢ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍۢ

    (14) Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

15. 15Juz 30 · page 594

    يَتِيمًۭا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ

    (15) An orphan of near relationship

16. 16Juz 30 · page 594

    أَوْ مِسْكِينًۭا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍۢ

    (16) Or a needy person in misery

17. 17Juz 30 · page 594

    ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ

    (17) And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.

18. 18Juz 30 · page 594

    أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ

    (18) Those are the companions of the right.[1927]

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19. 19Juz 30 · page 594

    وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ

    (19) But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.[1928]

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20. 20Juz 30 · page 594

    عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌۭ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ

    (20) Over them will be fire closed in.[1929]

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