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AL-BALAD (THE CITY, THIS COUNTRYSIDE)

Total Verses: 20
Revealed At: MAKKA

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In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful.

Bismi Allahi alrrahmani alrraheemi

090.001
I do call to witness this City;-

1. La oqsimu bihatha albaladi

090.002
And thou art a freeman of this City;-

2. Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi

090.003
And (the mystic ties of) parent and child;-

3. Wawalidin wama walada

090.004
Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.

4. Laqad khalaqna al-insana fee kabadin

090.005
Thinketh he, that none hath power over him?

5. Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun

090.006
He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance!

6. Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan

090.007
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?

7. Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun

090.008
Have We not made for him a pair of eyes?-

8. Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni

090.009
And a tongue, and a pair of lips?-

9. Walisanan washafatayni

090.010
And shown him the two highways?

10. Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni

090.011
But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep.

11. Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata

090.012
And what will explain to thee the path that is steep?-

12. Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu

090.013
(It is:) freeing the bondman;

13. Fakku raqabatin

090.014
Or the giving of food in a day of privation

14. Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin

090.015
To the orphan with claims of relationship,

15. Yateeman tha maqrabatin

090.016
Or to the indigent (down) in the dust.

16. Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin

090.017
Then will he be of those who believe, and enjoin patience, (constancy, and self-restraint), and enjoin deeds of kindness and compassion.

17. Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati

090.018
Such are the Companions of the Right Hand.

18. Ola-ika as-habu almaymanati

090.019
But those who reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) Companions of the Left Hand.

19. Waallatheena kafaroo bi-ayatina hum as-habu almash-amati

090.020
On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round).

20. AAalayhim narun mu/sadatun


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