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البلد | Al-Balad

The Land

  • بِسْمِ ٱللَّـهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

    In the name of God, the Almighty, the Merciful.

  • لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ

    1 I swear by this land!

  • وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ

    2 — And thou art a freeman in this land —

  • وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ

    3 And by the begetter and what he begot!

  • لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ

    4 We have created man into adversity.

  • أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ

    5 Thinks he that none has power over him?

  • يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا

    6 He says: “I have spent abundant wealth!”

  • أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

    7 Thinks he that none has seen him?

  • أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ

    8 Have We not made for him two eyes,

  • وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ

    9 And a tongue, and two lips,

  • وَهَدَيْنَـٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ

    10 And guided him on the two highways?

  • فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ

    11 But he has not attempted the steep path.

  • وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ

    12 And what will convey to thee what the steep path is?

  • فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ

    13 The freeing of a slave,

  • أَوْ إِطْعَـٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ

    14 Or feeding in a day of starvation

  • يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ

    15 A fatherless relation

  • أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ

    16 Or one needy in misery

  • ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ

    17 Then being among those who heed warning, and counsel one another to patience, and counsel one another to compassion.

  • أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ

    18 Those are the companions of the right.

  • وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ

    19 But those who deny Our proofs — they are the companions of the left.

  • عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ

    20 Upon them will a Fire be closed in.