Translation of Surah Al-Balad in الإنجليزية from Dr. Ghali - English translation
Verse 1
ﭽﭾﭿﮀ
ﮁ
Al-Balad
No! I swear by this country, - (Or: city)
Verse 2
ﮂﮃﮄﮅ
ﮆ
And you (i.e., the Prophet) are an inhabitant of this country.
Verse 3
ﮇﮈﮉ
ﮊ
And (I swear) (by) the begetter and what he begot.
Verse 4
ﮋﮌﮍﮎﮏ
ﮐ
Indeed We already created man in suffering.
Verse 5
ﮑﮒﮓﮔﮕﮖ
ﮗ
Does he reckon that no one can ever determine over him?
Verse 6
ﮘﮙﮚﮛ
ﮜ
He says, "I have consumed stacked wealth."
Verse 7
ﮝﮞﮟﮠﮡ
ﮢ
Does he reckon that none has seen him?
Verse 8
ﮣﮤﮥﮦ
ﮧ
Have We not made for him two eyes,
Verse 9
ﮨﮩ
ﮪ
And a tongue, and two lips,
Verse 10
ﮫﮬ
ﮭ
And guided him on the two highways (of good and evil)?
Verse 11
ﮮﮯﮰ
ﮱ
Yet he has not rushed along the uneven (Or: steep) track.
Verse 12
ﯓﯔﯕﯖ
ﯗ
And what makes you realize what the uneven track is?
Verse 13
ﯘﯙ
ﯚ
It is the freeing of a slave, (Literally: the untying of a neck)
Verse 14
ﯛﯜﯝﯞﯟﯠ
ﯡ
Or feeding upon a day of famine.
Verse 15
ﯢﯣﯤ
ﯥ
An orphan of (Literally: owning) near relationship,
Verse 16
ﯦﯧﯨﯩ
ﯪ
Or an indigent man in starvation; (Literally: in dusty circumstances)
Verse 17
Thereafter he is one of the ones who believed, and enjoined one another to have patience, and enjoined one another to do merciful deeds.
Verse 18
ﯵﯶﯷ
ﯸ
Those are the companions of the position of Rightness.
Verse 19
ﭑﭒﭓﭔﭕﭖ
ﭗ
And the ones who disbelieve in Our signs, they are the companions of the position of sinister (befalling); (Or: the Hand)
Verse 20
ﭘﭙﭚ
ﭛ
Over them is a Fire without any outlet (Literally: vaulted/over).
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