البلد

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ

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   I swear by this city, Makkah

2. وَأَنتَ حِلُّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ

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

3. وَوَالِدٖ وَمَا وَلَدَ

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

4. لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ فِي كَبَدٍ

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   We have certainly created man into hardship

5. أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ أَحَدٞ

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   Does he think that never will anyone overcome him

6. يَقُولُ أَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالٗا لُّبَدًا

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   He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance

7. أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّمۡ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

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   Does he think that no one has seen him

8. أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ عَيۡنَيۡنِ

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   Have We not made for him two eyes

9. وَلِسَانٗا وَشَفَتَيۡنِ

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   And a tongue and two lips

10. وَهَدَيۡنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجۡدَيۡنِ

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    And have shown him the two ways

11. فَلَا ٱقۡتَحَمَ ٱلۡعَقَبَةَ

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    But he has not broken through the difficult pass

12. وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡعَقَبَةُ

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

13. فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ

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    It is the freeing of a slave

14. أَوۡ إِطۡعَٰمٞ فِي يَوۡمٖ ذِي مَسۡغَبَةٖ

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    Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

15. يَتِيمٗا ذَا مَقۡرَبَةٍ

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    An orphan of near relationship

16. أَوۡ مِسۡكِينٗا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةٖ

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    Or a needy person in misery

17. ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلۡمَرۡحَمَةِ

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

18. أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ

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    Those are the companions of the right

19. وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمۡ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ

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

20. عَلَيۡهِمۡ نَارٞ مُّؤۡصَدَةُۢ

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    Over them will be fire closed in