Surah Al-Balad - English Translation by Muhammad Taqi Ud Din Al Hilali And Muhammad Muhsin Khan

لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ

I swear by this city (Makkah)
Surah Al-Balad, Verse 1

وَأَنتَ حِلُّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ

And you are free (from sin, to punish the enemies of Islam on the Day of the conquest) in this city (Makkah)
Surah Al-Balad, Verse 2

وَوَالِدٖ وَمَا وَلَدَ

And by the begetter (i.e. Adam) and that which he begot (i.e. his progeny)
Surah Al-Balad, Verse 3

لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ فِي كَبَدٍ

Verily, We have created man in toil
Surah Al-Balad, Verse 4

أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ أَحَدٞ

Thinks he that none can overcome him
Surah Al-Balad, Verse 5

يَقُولُ أَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالٗا لُّبَدًا

He says (boastfully): "I have wasted wealth in abundance
Surah Al-Balad, Verse 6

أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّمۡ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

Thinks he that none sees him
Surah Al-Balad, Verse 7

أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ عَيۡنَيۡنِ

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

وَلِسَانٗا وَشَفَتَيۡنِ

And a tongue and a pair of lips
Surah Al-Balad, Verse 9

وَهَدَيۡنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجۡدَيۡنِ

And shown him the two ways (good and evil)
Surah Al-Balad, Verse 10

فَلَا ٱقۡتَحَمَ ٱلۡعَقَبَةَ

But he has made no effort to pass on the path that is steep
Surah Al-Balad, Verse 11

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡعَقَبَةُ

And what will make you know the path that is steep
Surah Al-Balad, Verse 12

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ

(It is) Freeing a neck (slave, etc)
Surah Al-Balad, Verse 13

أَوۡ إِطۡعَٰمٞ فِي يَوۡمٖ ذِي مَسۡغَبَةٖ

Or giving food in a day of hunger (famine)
Surah Al-Balad, Verse 14

يَتِيمٗا ذَا مَقۡرَبَةٍ

To an orphan near of kin
Surah Al-Balad, Verse 15

أَوۡ مِسۡكِينٗا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةٖ

Or to a Miskin (poor) afflicted with misery
Surah Al-Balad, Verse 16

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلۡمَرۡحَمَةِ

Then he became one of those who believed, and recommended one another to perseverance and patience, and (also) recommended one another to pity and compassion
Surah Al-Balad, Verse 17

أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ

They are those on the Right Hand (the dwellers of Paradise)
Surah Al-Balad, Verse 18

وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمۡ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ

But those who disbelieved in Our Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.), they are those on the Left Hand (the dwellers of Hell)
Surah Al-Balad, Verse 19