Al-Balad البلد

In the name of God, the All-Benevolent, the Benevolent. No! I swear by this land, and you are a resident in it, and by a begetter and what he begot! We have certainly created the human being in hardship.

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ لَآ أُقۡسِمُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ وَأَنتَ حِلُّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡبَلَدِ وَوَالِدٖ وَمَا وَلَدَ لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ فِي كَبَدٍ

Does he think that no one will ever have power over him? He says, "I have annihilated goods in heaps!"

أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّن يَقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ أَحَدٞ يَقُولُ أَهۡلَكۡتُ مَالٗا لُّبَدًا

Does he think that no one has seen him?

أَيَحۡسَبُ أَن لَّمۡ يَرَهُۥٓ أَحَدٌ

Have We not assigned him two eyes, a tongue, and two lips, and guided him along the two paths?

أَلَمۡ نَجۡعَل لَّهُۥ عَيۡنَيۡنِ وَلِسَانٗا وَشَفَتَيۡنِ وَهَدَيۡنَٰهُ ٱلنَّجۡدَيۡنِ

But he has not plunged past what makes one balk.

فَلَا ٱقۡتَحَمَ ٱلۡعَقَبَةَ

And what will give you an idea of what makes one balk?

وَمَآ أَدۡرٜىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡعَقَبَةُ

It is having redeemed a pledge, or having fed, on a day of famine, an orphan near of kin, or a destitute person in privation.

فَكُّ رَقَبَةٍ أَوۡ إِطۡعَٰمٞ فِي يَوۡمٖ ذِي مَسۡغَبَةٖ يَتِيمٗا ذَا مَقۡرَبَةٍ أَوۡ مِسۡكِينٗا ذَا مَتۡرَبَةٖ

Then, it is having been of those who have believed and enjoined one another to patience, and enjoined one another to benevolence.

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلۡمَرۡحَمَةِ

Those are the companions of the right side.

أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَيۡمَنَةِ

But those who disowned Our signs, they are the companions of the left side.

وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا هُمۡ أَصۡحَٰبُ ٱلۡمَشۡـَٔمَةِ