Al-Balad

La oqsimu bihatha albaladi

Lā 'Uqsimu Bihadhā Al-Baladi

I swear by this town

Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi

Wa 'Anta Ĥillun Bihadhā Al-Baladi

as you reside in this town

Wawalidin wama walada

Wa Wālidin Wa Mā Walada

[and] by the father and him whom he begot

Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin

Laqad Khalaqnā Al-'Insāna Fī Kabadin

certainly We created man in travail

Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun

Ayaĥsabu 'An Lan Yaqdira `Alayhi 'Aĥadun

Does he suppose that no one will ever have power over him

Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan

Yaqūlu 'Ahlaktu Mālāan Lubadāan

He says, ‘I have squandered immense wealth.’

Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun

Ayaĥsabu 'An Lam Yarahu 'Aĥadun

Does he suppose that no one sees him

Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni

Alam Naj`al Lahu `Aynayni

Have We not made for him two eyes

Walisanan washafatayni

Wa Lisānāan Wa Shafatayni

a tongue, and two lips

Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni

Wa Hadaynāhu An-Najdayni

and shown him the two paths [of good and evil]

Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata

Falā Aqtaĥama Al-`Aqabaha

Yet he has not embarked upon the uphill task

Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu

Wa Mā 'Adrāka Mā Al-`Aqabahu

And what will show you what is the uphill task

Fakku raqabatin

Fakku Raqabahin

[It is] the freeing of a slave

Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin

Aw 'Iţ`āmun Fī Yawmin Dhī Masghabahin

or feeding, during days of [general] starvation

Yateeman tha maqrabatin

Yatīmāan Dhā Maqrabahin

an orphan among relatives

Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin

Aw Miskīnāan Dhā Matrabahin

or a needy man in desolation

Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati

Thumma Kāna Mina Al-Ladhīna 'Āmanū Wa Tawāşaw Biş-Şabri Wa Tawāşaw Bil-Marĥamahi

while being one of those who have faith and enjoin one another to patience, and enjoin one another to compassion

Olaika ashabu almaymanati

Ūlā'ika 'Aşĥābu Al-Maymanahi

They are the People of the Right Hand

Waallatheena kafaroo biayatina hum ashabu almashamati

Wa Al-Ladhīna Kafarū Bi'āyātinā Hum 'Aşĥābu Al-Mash'amahi

But those who defy Our signs, they are the People of the Left Hand

AAalayhim narun musadatun

Alayhim Nārun Mu'uşadahun

A closed Fire will be [imposed] upon them