Surah Al-Balad

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ ﴿1﴾

Laaa uqsimu bihaazal balad

Nay, I swear by this city -

وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ ﴿2﴾

Wa anta hillum bihaazal balad

And thou art an indweller of this city -

وَوَالِدٍۢ وَمَا وَلَدَ ﴿3﴾

Wa waalidinw wa maa walad

And the begetter and that which he begat,

لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ ﴿4﴾

Laqad khalaqnal insaana fee kabad

We verily have created man in an atmosphere:

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌۭ ﴿5﴾

Ayahsabu al-lai yaqdira 'alaihi ahad

Thinketh he that none hath power over him?

يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًۭا لُّبَدًا ﴿6﴾

Yaqoolu ahlaktu maalal lubadaa

And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth:

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ ﴿7﴾

Ayahsabu al lam yarahooo ahad

Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?

أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ ﴿8﴾

Alam naj'al lahoo 'aynayn

Did We not assign unto him two eyes

وَلِسَانًۭا وَشَفَتَيْنِ ﴿9﴾

Wa lisaananw wa shafatayn

And a tongue and two lips,

وَهَدَيْنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ ﴿10﴾

Wa hadaynaahun najdayn

And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways?

فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ ﴿11﴾

Falaq tahamal-'aqabah

But he hath not attempted the Ascent -

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ ﴿12﴾

Wa maaa adraaka mal'aqabah

Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is! -

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ ﴿13﴾

Fakku raqabah

(It is) to free a slave,

أَوْ إِطْعَٰمٌۭ فِى يَوْمٍۢ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍۢ ﴿14﴾

Aw it'aamun fee yawmin zee masghabah

And to feed in the day of hunger.

يَتِيمًۭا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ ﴿15﴾

Yateeman zaa maqrabah

An orphan near of kin,

أَوْ مِسْكِينًۭا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍۢ ﴿16﴾

Aw miskeenan zaa matrabah

Or some poor wretch in misery,

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ ﴿17﴾

Summa kaana minal lazeena aamanoo wa tawaasaw bissabri wa tawaasaw bilmarhamah

And to be of those who believe and exhort one another to perseverance and exhort one another to pity.

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ ﴿18﴾

Ulaaa'ika As-haabul maimanah

Their place will be on the right hand.

وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ ﴿19﴾

Wallazeena kafaroo bi aayaatinaa hum as-haabul Mash'amah

But those who disbelieve Our revelations, their place will be on the left hand.

عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌۭ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ ﴿20﴾

Alaihim naarum mu'sadah

Fire will be an awning over them.