البَلَد

‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏

I swear by this city, Makkah - (1)

‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏

And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city - (2)

‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏

And [by] the father and that which was born [of him], (3)

‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏ ‏

We have certainly created man into hardship. (4)

‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏

Does he think that never will anyone overcome him? (5)

‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏

He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance." (6)

‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏

Does he think that no one has seen him? (7)

‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏

Have We not made for him two eyes? (8)

‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

And a tongue and two lips? (9)

‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

And have shown him the two ways? (10)

‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

But he has not broken through the difficult pass. (11)

‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

And what can make you know what is [breaking through] the difficult pass? (12)

‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏

It is the freeing of a slave (13)

‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

Or feeding on a day of severe hunger (14)

‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

An orphan of near relationship (15)

‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

Or a needy person in misery (16)

‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion. (17)

‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

Those are the companions of the right. (18)

‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏ ‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

But they who disbelieved in Our signs - those are the companions of the left. (19)

‏‏‏‏‏ ‏‏‏ ‏‏‏‏‏ ‏

Over them will be fire closed in. (20)