La oqsimu bihatha albaladi
I swear by this city, Makkah -
Al Balad 1
Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -
Al Balad 2
Wawalidin wama walada
And [by] the father and that which was born [of him],
Al Balad 3
Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin
We have certainly created man into hardship.
Al Balad 4
Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun
Does he think that never will anyone overcome him?
Al Balad 5
Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan
He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."
Al Balad 6
Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun
Does he think that no one has seen him?
Al Balad 7
Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni
Have We not made for him two eyes?
Al Balad 8
Walisanan washafatayni
And a tongue and two lips?
Al Balad 9
Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni
And have shown him the two ways?
Al Balad 10
Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata
But he has not broken through the difficult pass.
Al Balad 11
Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu
And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass?
Al Balad 12
Fakku raqabatin
It is the freeing of a slave
Al Balad 13
Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin
Or feeding on a day of severe hunger
Al Balad 14
Yateeman tha maqrabatin
An orphan of near relationship
Al Balad 15
Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin
Or a needy person in misery
Al Balad 16
Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati
And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.
Al Balad 17
Olaika ashabu almaymanati
Those are the companions of the right.
Al Balad 18
Waallatheena kafaroo biayatina hum ashabu almashamati
But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left.
Al Balad 19
AAalayhim narun musadatun
Over them will be fire closed in.
Al Balad 20