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Sorah Al-Balad ( The City )

Verses Number 20

لا أُقْسِمُ بِهَذَا الْبَلَدِSorah Al-Balad ( The City ) Verse Number 1
I swear by this city, Makkah -
وَأَنتَ حِلٌّ بِهَذَا الْبَلَدِSorah Al-Balad ( The City ) Verse Number 2
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -
وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَSorah Al-Balad ( The City ) Verse Number 3
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الإِنسَانَ فِي كَبَدٍSorah Al-Balad ( The City ) Verse Number 4
We have certainly created man into hardship.
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌSorah Al-Balad ( The City ) Verse Number 5
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالا لُّبَدًاSorah Al-Balad ( The City ) Verse Number 6
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُ أَحَدٌSorah Al-Balad ( The City ) Verse Number 7
Does he think that no one has seen him?
أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُ عَيْنَيْنِSorah Al-Balad ( The City ) Verse Number 8
Have We not made for him two eyes?
وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِSorah Al-Balad ( The City ) Verse Number 9
And a tongue and two lips?
وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِSorah Al-Balad ( The City ) Verse Number 10
And have shown him the two ways?
فَلا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَSorah Al-Balad ( The City ) Verse Number 11
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُSorah Al-Balad ( The City ) Verse Number 12
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍSorah Al-Balad ( The City ) Verse Number 13
It is the freeing of a slave
أَوْ إِطْعَامٌ فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي مَسْغَبَةٍSorah Al-Balad ( The City ) Verse Number 14
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍSorah Al-Balad ( The City ) Verse Number 15
An orphan of near relationship
أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍSorah Al-Balad ( The City ) Verse Number 16
Or a needy person in misery
ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْمَرْحَمَةِSorah Al-Balad ( The City ) Verse Number 17
And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.
أُوْلَئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِSorah Al-Balad ( The City ) Verse Number 18
Those are the companions of the right.
وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِSorah Al-Balad ( The City ) Verse Number 19
But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.
عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌSorah Al-Balad ( The City ) Verse Number 20
Over them will be fire closed in.