Al-Balad
لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ
Nay, I swear by this city -
وَأَنتَ حِلُّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ
And thou art an indweller of this city -
وَوَالِدٖ وَمَا وَلَدَ
And the begetter and that which he begat,
لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ فِي كَبَدٍ
We verily have created man in an atmosphere:
أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ أَحَدٞ
Thinketh he that none hath power over him?
يَقُولُ أَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالٗا لُّبَدًا
And he saith: I have destroyed vast wealth:
أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّمۡ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ
Thinketh he that none beholdeth him?
أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ عَيۡنَيۡنِ
Did We not assign unto him two eyes
وَلِسَانٗا وَشَفَتَيۡنِ
And a tongue and two lips,
وَهَدَيۡنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجۡدَيۡنِ
And guide him to the parting of the mountain ways?