Al-Balad

La oqsimu bihatha albaladi

Lā 'Uqsimu Bihadhā Al-Baladi

I do not (need to) swear by this town (Mecca)

Waanta hillun bihatha albaladi

Wa 'Anta Ĥillun Bihadhā Al-Baladi

in which you are now living

Wawalidin wama walada

Wa Wālidin Wa Mā Walada

or by the great father and his wonderful son (Abraham and Ishmael)

Laqad khalaqna alinsana fee kabadin

Laqad Khalaqnā Al-'Insāna Fī Kabadin

that We have created the human being to face a great deal of hardship

Ayahsabu an lan yaqdira AAalayhi ahadun

Ayaĥsabu 'An Lan Yaqdira `Alayhi 'Aĥadun

Does He think that no one will ever have control over him

Yaqoolu ahlaktu malan lubadan

Yaqūlu 'Ahlaktu Mālāan Lubadāan

(He boasts and shows off) saying, "I have spent a great deal of money (for the cause of God)

Ayahsabu an lam yarahu ahadun

Ayaĥsabu 'An Lam Yarahu 'Aĥadun

Does he think that no one has seen him

Alam najAAal lahu AAaynayni

Alam Naj`al Lahu `Aynayni

Have We not given him two eyes

Walisanan washafatayni

Wa Lisānāan Wa Shafatayni

a tongue, and two lips

Wahadaynahu alnnajdayni

Wa Hadaynāhu An-Najdayni

Have We not shown him the ways of good and evil

Fala iqtahama alAAaqabata

Falā Aqtaĥama Al-`Aqabaha

Yet, he has not entered into Aqaba

Wama adraka ma alAAaqabatu

Wa Mā 'Adrāka Mā Al-`Aqabahu

Would that you knew what Aqaba is

Fakku raqabatin

Fakku Raqabahin

It is the setting free of a slave

Aw itAAamun fee yawmin thee masghabatin

Aw 'Iţ`āmun Fī Yawmin Dhī Masghabahin

or, in a day of famine, the feeding of

Yateeman tha maqrabatin

Yatīmāan Dhā Maqrabahin

an orphaned relative

Aw miskeenan tha matrabatin

Aw Miskīnāan Dhā Matrabahin

and downtrodden destitute person, (so that he would be of)

Thumma kana mina allatheena amanoo watawasaw bialssabri watawasaw bialmarhamati

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

the believers who cooperate with others in patience (steadfastness) and kindness

Olaika ashabu almaymanati

Ūlā'ika 'Aşĥābu Al-Maymanahi

These are the people of the right hand

Waallatheena kafaroo biayatina hum ashabu almashamati

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

As for those who disbelieve in Our revelations, they are the people of the left

AAalayhim narun musadatun

Alayhim Nārun Mu'uşadahun

who will be engulfed in the fire