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Surah Al-Balad
سُورَةُ البَلَدِ
Page 594 (Verses from 1 to 20)

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لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ ﴿1﴾ وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ ﴿2﴾ وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ ﴿3﴾ لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ ﴿4﴾ أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ ﴿5﴾ يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا ﴿6﴾ أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ ﴿7﴾ أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ ﴿8﴾ وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ ﴿9﴾ وَهَدَيْنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ ﴿10﴾ فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ ﴿11﴾ وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ ﴿12﴾ فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ ﴿13﴾ أَوْ إِطْعَٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ ﴿14﴾ يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ ﴿15﴾ أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ ﴿16﴾ ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ ﴿17﴾ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ ﴿18﴾ وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ ﴿19﴾ عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ ﴿20﴾

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Tafsir of Surah Al-Balad (Yusuf Ali: Abdullah Yusuf Ali)

لَآ أُقْسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ ﴿1﴾

English Translation

I swear by this city, Makkah - (1)

English Transliteration

La oqsimu bihatha albaladi (1)

Tafsir of Verse 1

I do call to witness this City;- (1)

وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ ﴿2﴾

English Translation

And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city - (2)

English Transliteration

Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi (2)

Tafsir of Verse 2

And thou art a freeman of this City;- (2)

وَوَالِدٍ وَمَا وَلَدَ ﴿3﴾

English Translation

And [by] the father and that which was born [of him], (3)

English Transliteration

Wawalidin wama walada (3)

Tafsir of Verse 3

And (the mystic ties of) parent and child;- (3)

لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ ﴿4﴾

English Translation

We have certainly created man into hardship. (4)

English Transliteration

Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin (4)

Tafsir of Verse 4

Verily We have created man into toil and struggle. (4)

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ أَحَدٌ ﴿5﴾

English Translation

Does he think that never will anyone overcome him? (5)

English Transliteration

Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun (5)

Tafsir of Verse 5

Thinketh he, that none hath power over him? (5)

يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا ﴿6﴾

English Translation

He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance." (6)

English Transliteration

Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan (6)

Tafsir of Verse 6

He may say (boastfully); Wealth have I squandered in abundance! (6)

أَيَحْسَبُ أَن لَّمْ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ ﴿7﴾

English Translation

Does he think that no one has seen him? (7)

English Transliteration

Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun (7)

Tafsir of Verse 7

Thinketh he that none beholdeth him? (7)

أَلَمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُۥ عَيْنَيْنِ ﴿8﴾

English Translation

Have We not made for him two eyes? (8)

English Transliteration

Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni (8)

Tafsir of Verse 8

Have We not made for him a pair of eyes?- (8)

وَلِسَانًا وَشَفَتَيْنِ ﴿9﴾

English Translation

And a tongue and two lips? (9)

English Transliteration

Walisanan washafatayni (9)

Tafsir of Verse 9

And a tongue, and a pair of lips?- (9)

وَهَدَيْنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجْدَيْنِ ﴿10﴾

English Translation

And have shown him the two ways? (10)

English Transliteration

Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni (10)

Tafsir of Verse 10

And shown him the two highways? (10)

فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ ﴿11﴾

English Translation

But he has not broken through the difficult pass. (11)

English Transliteration

Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata (11)

Tafsir of Verse 11

But he hath made no haste on the path that is steep. (11)

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْعَقَبَةُ ﴿12﴾

English Translation

And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass? (12)

English Transliteration

Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu (12)

Tafsir of Verse 12

And what will explain to thee the path that is steep?- (12)

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ ﴿13﴾

English Translation

It is the freeing of a slave (13)

English Transliteration

Fakku raqabatin (13)

Tafsir of Verse 13

(It is:) freeing the bondman; (13)

أَوْ إِطْعَٰمٌ فِى يَوْمٍ ذِى مَسْغَبَةٍ ﴿14﴾

English Translation

Or feeding on a day of severe hunger (14)

English Transliteration

Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin (14)

Tafsir of Verse 14

Or the giving of food in a day of privation (14)

يَتِيمًا ذَا مَقْرَبَةٍ ﴿15﴾

English Translation

An orphan of near relationship (15)

English Transliteration

Yateeman tha maqrabatin (15)

Tafsir of Verse 15

To the orphan with claims of relationship, (15)

أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ ﴿16﴾

English Translation

Or a needy person in misery (16)

English Transliteration

Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin (16)

Tafsir of Verse 16

Or to the indigent (down) in the dust. (16)

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ ﴿17﴾

English Translation

And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion. (17)

English Transliteration

Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati (17)

Tafsir of Verse 17

Then will he be of those who believe, and enjoin patience, (constancy, and self-restraint), and enjoin deeds of kindness and compassion. (17)

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ ﴿18﴾

English Translation

Those are the companions of the right. (18)

English Transliteration

Olaika ashabu almaymanati (18)

Tafsir of Verse 18

Such are the Companions of the Right Hand. (18)

وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمْ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ ﴿19﴾

English Translation

But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left. (19)

English Transliteration

Waallatheena kafaroo biayatina hum ashabu almashamati (19)

Tafsir of Verse 19

But those who reject Our Signs, they are the (unhappy) Companions of the Left Hand. (19)

عَلَيْهِمْ نَارٌ مُّؤْصَدَةٌۢ ﴿20﴾

English Translation

Over them will be fire closed in. (20)

English Transliteration

AAalayhim narun musadatun (20)

Tafsir of Verse 20

On them will be Fire vaulted over (all round). (20)

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