Al-Balad

۞ لَاۤ أُقۡسِمُ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ

Nay, I swear by this city

وَأَنتَ حِلُّۢ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ

And thou art an indweller of this city

وَوَالِدࣲ وَمَا وَلَدَ

And the begetter and that which he begat

لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنَ فِی كَبَدٍ

We verily have created man in an atmosphere

أَیَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّن یَقۡدِرَ عَلَیۡهِ أَحَدࣱ

Thinketh he that none hath power over him

یَقُولُ أَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالࣰا لُّبَدًا

And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth

أَیَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّمۡ یَرَهُۥۤ أَحَدٌ

Thinketh he that none beholdeth him

أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ عَیۡنَیۡنِ

Did We not assign unto him two eyes

وَلِسَانࣰا وَشَفَتَیۡنِ

And a tongue and two lips

وَهَدَیۡنَـٰهُ ٱلنَّجۡدَیۡنِ

And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways

فَلَا ٱقۡتَحَمَ ٱلۡعَقَبَةَ

But he hath not attempted the Ascent

وَمَاۤ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡعَقَبَةُ

Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Ascent is

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ

(It is) to free a slave

أَوۡ إِطۡعَـٰمࣱ فِی یَوۡمࣲ ذِی مَسۡغَبَةࣲ

And to feed in the day of hunger

یَتِیمࣰا ذَا مَقۡرَبَةٍ

An orphan near of kin

أَوۡ مِسۡكِینࣰا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةࣲ

Or some poor wretch in misery

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِینَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوۡا۟ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ وَتَوَاصَوۡا۟ بِٱلۡمَرۡحَمَةِ

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

أُو۟لَـٰۤئِكَ أَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلۡمَیۡمَنَةِ

Their place will be on the right hand

وَٱلَّذِینَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِءَایَـٰتِنَا هُمۡ أَصۡحَـٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡءَمَةِ

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

عَلَیۡهِمۡ نَارࣱ مُّؤۡصَدَةُۢ

Fire will be an awning over them