Surah Al-Balad

لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ۝١

I swear by this city, Makkah -

وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ۝٢

And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -

وَوَالِدٍۢ وَمَا وَلَدَ۝٣

And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],

لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ۝٤

We have certainly created man into hardship.

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌۭ۝٥

Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?

يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًۭا لُّبَدًا۝٦

He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ۝٧

Does he think that no one has seen him?

أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ۝٨

Have We not made for him two eyes?

وَلِسَانًۭا وَشَفَتَيْنِ۝٩

And a tongue and two lips?

وَهَدَيْنَٰهُ النَّجْدَيْنِ۝١٠

And have shown him the two ways?

فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ۝١١

But he has not broken through the difficult pass.

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ۝١٢

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

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ۝١٣

It is the freeing of a slave

أَوْ إِطْعَٰمٌۭ فِى يَوْمٍۢ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍۢ۝١٤

Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

يَتِيمًۭا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ۝١٥

An orphan of near relationship

أَوْ مِسْكِينًۭا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍۢ۝١٦

Or a needy person in misery

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِالْمَرْحَمَةِ۝١٧

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

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ۝١٨

Those are the companions of the right.

وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَٰبُ الْمَشْـَٔمَةِ۝١٩

But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.

عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌۭ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ۝٢٠

Over them will be fire closed in.