Al-Balad

لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ

Laaa ʹuq̣simu bihaaẓal Balad;

I swear by this city [i.e., Makkah] –

وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ

Wa-ʹañta ḥillum bihaaẓal Balad;

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

وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ

Wa-Waalidiñw Wamaa Walad;

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

لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ

Laq̣ad khalaq̣nal ʹiñsaana fee kabad.

We have certainly created man into hardship.

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ

ʹAyaḥsabu ʹal lañy yaq̣dira ʻalayhi ʹaḥad?

Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?

يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا

Yaq̣oolu ʹahlaktu maalal lubadaa!

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

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

ʹAyaḥsabu ʹal lam yarahooo ʹaḥad?

Does he think that no one has seen him?

أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ

ʹAlam najʻal lahoo ʻaynayn?―

Have We not made for him two eyes?

وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ

Wa-lisaanañw Washafatayn?―

And a tongue and two lips?

وَهَدَيْنَـٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ

Wa-hadaynaahun najdayn?

And have shown him the two ways?

فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ

Falaq̣ taḥamal ʻaq̣abah.

But he has not broken through the difficult pass.

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ

Wa-maaa ʹadraaka mal ʻaq̣abah?―

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

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ

Fakku raq̣abah.

It is the freeing of a slave

أَوْ إِطْعَـٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ

ʹAw ʹiṭʻaamuñ fee yawmiñ ẓee masg̣abah,

Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ

Yateemañ ẓaa maq̣rabah,

An orphan of near relationship

أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ

ʹAw miskeenañ ẓaa matrabah.

Or a needy person in misery

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ

S̤umma kaana minal laẓeena ʹaamanoo wa-tawaaṣaw biṣṣabri wa-tawaaṣaw bil-Marḥamah.

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

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ

ʹUlaaaʹika ʹAṣḥaabul Maymanah.

Those are the companions of the right.

وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ

Wallaẓeena kafaroo biʹAayaatinaa hum ʹAṣḥaabul mashʹamah.

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

عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ

ʻAlayhim Naarum muʹṣadah.

Over them will be fire closed in.