Al-Balad

لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ

I swear by this city, Makkah

La oqsimu bihatha albaladi

وَأَنتَ حِلُّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ

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

Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi

وَوَالِدٖ وَمَا وَلَدَ

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

Wawalidin wama walada

لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ فِي كَبَدٍ

We have certainly created man into hardship

Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin

أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ أَحَدٞ

Does he think that never will anyone overcome him

Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun

يَقُولُ أَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالٗا لُّبَدًا

He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance

Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan

أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّمۡ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

Does he think that no one has seen him

Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun

أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ عَيۡنَيۡنِ

Have We not made for him two eyes

Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni

وَلِسَانٗا وَشَفَتَيۡنِ

And a tongue and two lips

Walisanan washafatayni

وَهَدَيۡنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجۡدَيۡنِ

And have shown him the two ways

Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni

فَلَا ٱقۡتَحَمَ ٱلۡعَقَبَةَ

But he has not broken through the difficult pass

Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡعَقَبَةُ

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

Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ

It is the freeing of a slave

Fakku raqabatin

أَوۡ إِطۡعَٰمٞ فِي يَوۡمٖ ذِي مَسۡغَبَةٖ

Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin

يَتِيمٗا ذَا مَقۡرَبَةٍ

An orphan of near relationship

Yateeman tha maqrabatin

أَوۡ مِسۡكِينٗا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةٖ

Or a needy person in misery

Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلۡمَرۡحَمَةِ

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

Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati

أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ

Those are the companions of the right

Olaika ashabu almaymanati

وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمۡ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ

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

Waallatheena kafaroo biayatina hum ashabu almashamati

عَلَيۡهِمۡ نَارٞ مُّؤۡصَدَةُۢ

Over them will be fire closed in

AAalayhim narun musadatun