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لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
I swear by this city––
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Al-Balad
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
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وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
and you [Prophet] are an inhabitant of this city––
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وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ
[I swear] by parent and offspring,
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لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ
that We have created man for toil and trial.
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أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ
Does he think that no one will have power over him?
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يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا
‘I have squandered great wealth,’ he says.
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أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
Does he think no one observes him?
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أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ
Did We not give him eyes,
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وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ
a tongue, lips,
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وَهَدَيْنَـٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ
and point out to him the two clear ways [of good and evil]?
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فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ
Yet he has not attempted the steep path.
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وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ
What will explain to you what the steep path is?
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فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ
It is to free a slave,
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أَوْ إِطْعَـٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ
to feed at a time of hunger
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يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ
an orphaned relative
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أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ
or a poor person in distress,
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ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ
and to be one of those who believe and urge one another to steadfastness and compassion.
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أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ
Those who do this will be on the right-hand side,
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وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ
but those who disbelieve in Our revelations will be on the left-hand side,
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عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ
and the Fire will close in on them.
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