| Surah Al-Balad | |||
| In the Name of Allâh, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful. | |||
| 1 | I swear by this city ( Makkah ); | ||
| 2 | And you are free ( from sin, to punish the enemies of Islâm on the Day of the conquest ) in this city ( Makkah ), | ||
| 3 | And by the begetter ( i. e. Adam ) and that which he begot ( i. e. his progeny ); | ||
| 4 | Verily, We have created man in toil. | ||
| 5 | Thinks he that none can overcome him? | ||
| 6 | He says ( boastfully ): " I have wasted wealth in abundance! " | ||
| 7 | Thinks he that none sees him? | ||
| 8 | Have We not made for him a pair of eyes? | ||
| 9 | And a tongue and a pair of lips? | ||
| 10 | And shown him the two ways ( good and evil )? | ||
| 11 | But he has made no effort to pass on the path that is steep. | ||
| 12 | And what will make you know the path that is steep? | ||
| 13 | ( It is ) Freeing a neck ( slave, etc. ) | ||
| 14 | Or giving food in a day of hunger ( famine ), | ||
| 15 | To an orphan near of kin. | ||
| 16 | Or to a Miskîn ( poor ) afflicted with misery. | ||
| 17 | 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. | ||
| 18 | They are those on the Right Hand ( the dwellers of Paradise ), | ||
| 19 | But those who disbelieved in Our Ayât ( proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc. ), they are those on the Left Hand ( the dwellers of Hell ). | ||
| 20 | The Fire will be shut over them ( i. e. they will be enveloped by the Fire without any opening or window or outlet. | ||