Al-Balad


لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ

I swear by this city––


وَأَنتَ حِلُّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ

and you [Prophet] are an inhabitant of this city––


وَوَالِدٖ وَمَا وَلَدَ

[I swear] by parent and offspring,


لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ فِي كَبَدٍ

that We have created man for toil and trial.


أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ أَحَدٞ

Does he think that no one will have power over him?


يَقُولُ أَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالٗا لُّبَدًا

‘I have squandered great wealth,’ he says.


أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّمۡ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

Does he think no one observes him?


أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ عَيۡنَيۡنِ

Did We not give him eyes,


وَلِسَانٗا وَشَفَتَيۡنِ

a tongue, lips,


وَهَدَيۡنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجۡدَيۡنِ

and point out to him the two clear ways [of good and evil]?



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