Surat Al-Balad - سورة البلد

لَا أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ

Muhsin Khan: I swear by this city (Makkah);

وَأَنتَ حِلٌّ بِهَٰذَا الْبَلَدِ

Muhsin Khan: And you are free (from sin, to punish the enemies of Islam on the Day of the conquest) in this city (Makkah).

وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ

Muhsin Khan: And by the begetter (i.e. Adam ) and that which he begot (i.e. his progeny);

لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا الْإِنسَانَ فِي كَبَدٍ

Muhsin Khan: Verily, We have created man in toil.

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ

Muhsin Khan: Thinks he that none can overcome him?

يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا

Muhsin Khan: He says (boastfully): "I have wasted wealth in abundance!"

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُ أَحَدٌ

Muhsin Khan: Thinks he that none sees him?

أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُ عَيْنَيْنِ

Muhsin Khan: Have We not made for him a pair of eyes?

وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ

Muhsin Khan: And a tongue and a pair of lips?

وَهَدَيْنَاهُ النَّجْدَيْنِ

Muhsin Khan: And shown him the two ways (good and evil)?

فَلَا اقْتَحَمَ الْعَقَبَةَ

Muhsin Khan: But he has made no effort to pass on the path that is steep.

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْعَقَبَةُ

Muhsin Khan: And what will make you know the path that is steep?

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ

Muhsin Khan: (It is) Freeing a neck (slave, etc.)

أَوْ إِطْعَامٌ فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي مَسْغَبَةٍ

Muhsin Khan: Or giving food in a day of hunger (famine),

يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ

Muhsin Khan: To an orphan near of kin.

أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ

Muhsin Khan: Or to a Miskin (poor) afflicted with misery.

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْمَرْحَمَةِ

Muhsin Khan: Then he became one of those who believed, and recommended one another to perseverance and patience, and (also) recommended one another to pity and compassion.

أُولَٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ الْمَيْمَنَةِ

Muhsin Khan: They are those on the Right Hand (the dwellers of Paradise),

وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْمَشْأَمَةِ

Muhsin Khan: But those who disbelieved in Our Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.), they are those on the Left Hand (the dwellers of Hell).

عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌ

Muhsin Khan: The Fire will be shut over them (i.e. they will be enveloped by the Fire without any opening or window or outlet.