البلد

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 190:1

   لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ

   I swear by this city [i.e., Makkah]

2. 290:2

   وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ

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

3. 390:3

   وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ

   And [by] the father1 and that which was born [of him],

4. 490:4

   لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ

   We have certainly created man into hardship.

5. 590:5

   أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ

   Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?

6. 690:6

   يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا

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

7. 790:7

   أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

   Does he think that no one has seen him?

8. 890:8

   أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ

   Have We not made for him two eyes?

9. 990:9

   وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ

   And a tongue and two lips?

10. 1090:10

    وَهَدَيْنَـٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ

    And have shown him the two ways?1

11. 1190:11

    فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ

    But he has not broken through the difficult pass.1

12. 1290:12

    وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ

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

13. 1390:13

    فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ

    It is the freeing of a slave

14. 1490:14

    أَوْ إِطْعَـٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ

    Or feeding on a day of severe hunger

15. 1590:15

    يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ

    An orphan of near relationship

16. 1690:16

    أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ

    Or a needy person in misery

17. 1790:17

    ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ

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

18. 1890:18

    أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ

    Those are the companions of the right.1

19. 1990:19

    وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ

    But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.1

20. 2090:20

    عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ

    Over them will be fire closed in.1