Surah Al-Balad - English Translation by Almuntakhab Fi Tafsir Alquran Alkarim

لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ

I swear by this sacred town -Macca
Surah Al-Balad, Verse 1

وَأَنتَ حِلُّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ

In which you are being an inhabitant, the town which in due time shall open to you its gates and deliver to you O Muhammad its key to accomplish what you will, respected, vindicated and venerated
Surah Al-Balad, Verse 2

وَوَالِدٖ وَمَا وَلَدَ

And I swear by the father –Adam- or –Ibrahim (Abraham)- and what he procreated
Surah Al-Balad, Verse 3

لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ فِي كَبَدٍ

That We created man and set him on earth wherein he strives and struggles from womb to tomb, each according to his disposition and inclination and whether he will acknowledge resurrection and adjudication
Surah Al-Balad, Verse 4

أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ أَحَدٞ

Does he think no one can overpower him or he will not be called to account
Surah Al-Balad, Verse 5

يَقُولُ أَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالٗا لُّبَدًا

He boastfully says: "I spent too much money", when it was not for a good cause
Surah Al-Balad, Verse 6

أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّمۡ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

Does he think no one could see him, not even Allah
Surah Al-Balad, Verse 7

أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ عَيۡنَيۡنِ

Have We not given him a pair of eyes for vision
Surah Al-Balad, Verse 8

وَلِسَانٗا وَشَفَتَيۡنِ

A tongue and a pair of lips for eating and talking and pronouncing a decision
Surah Al-Balad, Verse 9

وَهَدَيۡنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجۡدَيۡنِ

We showed him both paths, that of virtue and that of vice
Surah Al-Balad, Verse 10

فَلَا ٱقۡتَحَمَ ٱلۡعَقَبَةَ

Yet he has not been eager to challenge his way through the path of virtue and attempt the difficult path of overcoming self-interest
Surah Al-Balad, Verse 11

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡعَقَبَةُ

And you just do not know what the difficult path of overcoming self- interest
Surah Al-Balad, Verse 12

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ

It is the freeing of a slave
Surah Al-Balad, Verse 13

أَوۡ إِطۡعَٰمٞ فِي يَوۡمٖ ذِي مَسۡغَبَةٖ

Or feeding one in need on a day of privation
Surah Al-Balad, Verse 14

يَتِيمٗا ذَا مَقۡرَبَةٍ

Such as an orphan of your kin or blood-relation
Surah Al-Balad, Verse 15

أَوۡ مِسۡكِينٗا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةٖ

Or an indigent who is in dire need
Surah Al-Balad, Verse 16

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلۡمَرۡحَمَةِ

Besides being one of those characterized by piety in every deed, who enjoin forbearance under provocation, bear with others their faults and limitations and enjoin endurance of pain, trouble or evil and constancy in labour, exertion or effort and show compassion toward suffering fellow-creatures, being disposed to forgive and exercise mercy
Surah Al-Balad, Verse 17

أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ

Such persons have rightfully earned the seat on the right
Surah Al-Balad, Verse 18

وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمۡ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ

But those who rejected Allah and His authoritative signs and divine revelations are the ill-omened who have deservedly earned the awkward position on the left
Surah Al-Balad, Verse 19