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Al-Balad
The City • Unknown • 20 ayahs
البلد
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لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ١
I swear by this city [i.e., Makkah]
وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ٢
And you, [O Muḥammad], are free of restriction in this city
وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ٣
And [by] the father1 and that which was born [of him],
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ٤
We have certainly created man into hardship.
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ٥
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا٦
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ٧
Does he think that no one has seen him?
أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ٨
Have We not made for him two eyes?
وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ٩
And a tongue and two lips?
وَهَدَيْنَـٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ١٠
And have shown him the two ways?1
فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ١١
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ١٢
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ١٣
أَوْ إِطْعَـٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ١٤
يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ١٥
أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ١٦
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ١٧
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ١٨
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ١٩
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ٢٠
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